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Bill Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career. us/states/ny New York Legislature 2023-2024 A 4942 New York A 4942 (2023-2024)
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New York A 4942 (2023-2024) — Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees

Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. A4942 (committee substitute) — source
  2. A4942A (committee substitute) — source
  3. A4942B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Floor Vote - Version: B — 630 (pass) · upper
  • Assembly Vote — 1405 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Phara Souffrant Forrest — primary (person)
  • Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
  • Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
  • Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
  • Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
  • Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
  • David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
  • Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
  • Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
  • George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
  • Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
  • Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Gary Pretlow — cosponsor (person)
  • Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
  • John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
  • John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
  • Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcela Mitaynes — cosponsor (person)
  • Monique Chandler-Waterman — cosponsor (person)
  • Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
  • Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
  • Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)
  • Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
  • Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-02-27 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION referral-committee
  • 2023-05-23 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-23 PRINT NUMBER 4942A amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-26 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-26 PRINT NUMBER 4942B amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-31 REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
  • 2023-06-08 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
  • 2023-06-08 REPORTED
  • 2023-06-08 RULES REPORT CAL.696
  • 2023-06-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.696
  • 2023-06-08 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
  • 2023-06-08 DELIVERED TO SENATE
  • 2023-06-08 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
  • 2023-06-09 SUBSTITUTED FOR S5355A
  • 2023-06-09 3RD READING CAL.809
  • 2023-06-09 PASSED SENATE passage
  • 2023-06-09 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  • 2023-10-13 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
  • 2023-10-25 SIGNED CHAP.549 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de4f4883-2b07-4eb7-b9c7-6b9a341d1c55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).