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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to voluntary opportunities for veterans"
description: "Requires the department of veterans' services to consult with the office of fire prevention and control and the department of health to identify the most effective ways to provide useful information to veterans about available volunteer opportunities with local volunteer fire departments and emergency services providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8785"
citation: "New York S 8785 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06b2b803-3f60-4109-9b9f-9181783b1d32"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8785"
source_hash: "a1c604b606dd51e3349d0b5a5ac94792b3aacff1f47d53b8b65bd7d0df00f9ce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---
# New York S 8785 (2025-2026) — Relates to voluntary opportunities for veterans
Requires the department of veterans' services to consult with the office of fire prevention and control and the department of health to identify the most effective ways to provide useful information to veterans about available volunteer opportunities with local volunteer fire departments and emergency services providers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S8785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8785&term=2025&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Monica Martinez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.74
- **2026-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9490
- **2026-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.64
- **2026-01-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.68 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06b2b803-3f60-4109-9b9f-9181783b1d32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).