Committee
New York Assembly Veterans' Affairs Committee
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committee members
Joe Angelino (R)
Sam Berger (D)
Chris Burdick (D)
Marianne Buttenschon (D)
Chris Eachus (D)
Judy Griffin (D)
Steve Hawley (R)
Pamela Hunter (D)
Paula Kay (D)
Brian Manktelow (R)
Angelo Morinello (R)
Kwani O'Pharrow (D)
Stacey Pheffer Amato (D)
Jenifer Rajkumar (D)
Thomas Schiavoni (D)
Amanda Septimo (D)
Robert Smullen (R)
Chair
Steve Stern (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A00080 | Establishes a program for the sharing of veteran contact information. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00291 | Includes the Space Force as being members of the armed forces or veterans eligible for certain credits and benefits that are available to other active and veteran members of the armed forces. | Crossed Over | 01/08/2025 |
| A00401 | Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months in a full-time or part-time position. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00408 | Authorizes a veteran's close friend or family who is reasonably familiar with such veteran's wishes to request that such veteran be buried in a state veterans' cemetery. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00777 | Addresses the financial, health care, educational, and workforce needs of disabled veterans and their families by providing tax relief, expanding health care access, enhancing education benefits, and improving workforce protections. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00947 | Directs that moneys in the veterans' home services fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services; directs a report to be submitted by such commissioner; directs that moneys in the military family relief fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A01623 | Relates to certain veterans; entitles them to 10 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are disabled; entitles them to 5 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are non-disabled and if they received certain medals or ribbons. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01794 | Requires a 120-day warning period for violations at congressionally chartered veterans' organization facilities. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02058 | Relates to veteran maternity care; relates to the effectiveness of a chapter relating thereto. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| A02087 | Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02435 | Clarifies certain provisions of the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
| A02504 | Establishes the veterans' services organization capital support program to provide funding to eligible entities for payment of the capital costs of construction, improvement, repairs, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of facilities owned by eligible entities, and for the acquisition of related equipment with a useful life of not less than ten years; appropriates a sum of $10,000,000 therefor. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02524 | Prohibits the unauthorized sale, purchase or transfer of any cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that is over 75 years old that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans, including but not limited to a military unit, company, battalion or division, if such cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans has been placed in any cemetery; | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02530 | Requires the notification to veterans of the availability of veterans' services free of charge by federal, state, and local veteran agencies; requires certain disclosures to be provided when notifying veterans about available services; provides for civil penalties for any violations. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A03394 | Provides for the "Campaign Medal for Service" to be awarded to those who have provided military service in Iraq. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03397 | Revises the New York state veteran's memorial and monument registry such that it is easier to navigate; relates to the updating and availability of the registry. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03450 | Relates to defining "period of war" for the alternative veterans' exemption; includes more recent hostilities in the definition of "period of war". | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A04110 | Provides for the application of veterans' real property tax exemptions in cities having a population of one million or more. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04302 | Grants recognized veterans' organizations free use of pavilions at state parks, other state recreational facilities, and historic sites. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04418 | Provides veterans free use of cabins and cottages located in public places of recreation within the state. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04649 | Relates to certificates of honorable separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States; provides that such certificates shall be forwarded to the appropriate local veterans' service agency within 60 days of receipt. | Crossed Over | 02/04/2025 |
| A04751 | Relates to the employment of veterans with disabilities program. | Crossed Over | 02/06/2025 |
| A04765 | Establishes the "New York's Own combat veterans healthcare choice program act" to establish tax free savings accounts to pay the healthcare costs of combat veterans on active duty during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, until covered by the federal government; directs the division of military and naval affairs to establish a registry of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| A04767 | Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| A04799 | Relates to establishing a green alert system for missing military members. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| A04963 | Includes New York guard members to the recruitment incentive and retention program for members of the New York state organized militia; permits tuition benefits for post-graduate study. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A04987 | Enacts the "New York veteran digital navigator program act"; requires the state commissioner of the department of veterans' services to establish a program to promote digital citizenship, through which the state commissioner shall award grants to eligible entities. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A05080 | Authorizes the department of veterans' affairs to provide eligible veterans with financial assistance for purchasing, training and the upkeep of service dogs and emotional support dogs. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05155 | Relates to veterans' health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental health conditions, and suicide prevention. | Crossed Over | 02/12/2025 |
| A05253 | Establishes the "Vets to Vollies" program which encourages veterans or discharged military personnel to join their local fire department and emergency medical service agency. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05578 | Extends eligibility for real property tax exemptions to veterans who served on a submarine or on classified missions during a period of war as documented by military service records. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05683 | Increases, at local option, real property tax exemptions for combat veterans who are 100% permanently disabled. | In Committee | 02/19/2025 |
| A05869 | Relates to the issuance of a New York State Cold War Commemorative Medal. | In Committee | 02/24/2025 |
| A05943 | Provides veterans of the armed forces of the United States access to all state parks and recreational facilities without the charge of any admission. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A06037 | Establishes a peer support program for veterans. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06058 | Grants real property tax exemption to disabled veterans regardless of whether they served during a "period of war". | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06081 | Directs the division of veterans' services to establish a searchable database of veteran-owned businesses; requires the use of a special mark to indicate service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06264 | Expands the definition of veteran to include members of the commissioned corps of the NOAA and the commissioned corps of the public health service; expands access to certain benefits to those who served in the commissioned corps of the NOAA and the commissioned corps of the public health service. | Crossed Over | 02/27/2025 |
| A06503 | Requires the department of veterans' services to establish and maintain, in consultation and collaboration with other state agencies, a searchable database on the department's website providing resources available in the state for veterans, members of the uniformed services, and their families. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06538 | Changes references to the "division of veterans' services" to the "department of veterans' services" to conform with existing law. | Crossed Over | 03/05/2025 |
| A06559 | Establishes a veterans' bill of rights; provides sample language for such bill of rights; requires the department of veterans' services to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights and to make such bill of rights available on the department's website. | Crossed Over | 03/06/2025 |
| A06579 | Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption for active military service members who at any time during the taxable year performed active duty in the armed forces in a combat zone; defines terms; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06934 | Enacts the "Gold Star Families Support Act"; provides a member of a Gold Star family with state paid health insurance; removes provisions relating to veterans with disabilities; expands employment of veterans to employment of veterans and members of a Gold Star family; establishes the Gold Star family tuition fund to be distributed to any public or private educational institution from grades pre-K through graduate and post-graduate school shall be deposited with any school providing free tuition | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A07520 | Relates to defining veteran; includes national guard members who have served for at least twenty years, part of which was during any war or period of hostilities. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07627 | Authorizes the Department of Veterans' Services to consult and collaborate with relevant offices in the federal department of veterans affairs, the department of health, the state office for the aging and other HCBS experts to develop educational materials for veterans and their families about the accessibility to home and community-based services. | Crossed Over | 04/01/2025 |
| A08057 | Establishes a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veteran's coordinator in order to support the unique needs of, advocate for, and celebrate the service of such veterans. | In Committee | 04/22/2025 |
| A08061 | Creates a women veterans history trail in order to recognize and celebrate the history of women in service. | In Committee | 04/22/2025 |
| A08087 | Authorizes the presentation of a New York State Cold War Commemorative Medal for active duty during the period of September 2, 1945 through December 26, 1991. | Crossed Over | 04/24/2025 |
| A08089 | Establishes a New York state veterans' and service member law book of a compilation of all state statutes governing the rights, privileges, benefits and services afforded to veterans, service members and their families. | Crossed Over | 04/24/2025 |
| A08365 | Expands eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes to certain veterans who have an immediate family member who shall have been a resident of this state for one year prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, birth parent, adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08425 | Directs the department of veterans' services to conduct a study about veterans' employment review. | In Committee | 05/15/2025 |
| A08473 | Enacts the "missing vulnerable veterans at risk program act" to establish a missing vulnerable veterans at risk program to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the problem of missing vulnerable veterans at risk. | In Committee | 05/16/2025 |
| A08475 | Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services. | Crossed Over | 05/16/2025 |
| A08476 | Protects veterans from fraud and unaccredited representatives; institutes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violation; establishes the class A misdemeanor crime of unaccredited representation of a veteran; establishes a veterans' services fund. | In Committee | 05/16/2025 |
| A08477 | Establishes a women veteran's peer to peer program. | In Committee | 05/16/2025 |
| A08483 | Provides that no entity shall receive fees for services rendered in a veterans' benefits matter until certain notice has been provided to the claimant; provides for the type of notice that shall be provided to claimants; defines terms; makes technical corrections. | In Committee | 05/16/2025 |
| A08484 | Directs the commissioner of veterans' services to establish a registry of self-identifying service members, veterans and family members of such individuals who may have experienced exposure to a hazardous substance at a military installation and to establish and maintain a public information program in order to educate and inform service members, veterans, and their families. | In Committee | 05/16/2025 |
| A08485 | Requires the department of veterans' services to provide information on the department's website on volunteer opportunities available to veterans and to post relevant application forms that a qualified veteran can use to apply for volunteer opportunities. | Crossed Over | 05/16/2025 |
| A08967 | Renames the veterans' services law the veterans and military families law; renames the department of veterans' services the department of veterans and military families; requires the department of veterans and military families to provide certain services to military families. | In Committee | 08/13/2025 |
| S00274 | Requires the department of veterans' services to provide information on the department's website on volunteer opportunities available to veterans and to post relevant application forms that a qualified veteran can use to apply for volunteer opportunities. | Crossed Over | 05/20/2025 |
| S01009 | Authorizes a veteran's close friend or family who is reasonably familiar with such veteran's wishes to request that such veteran be buried in a state veterans' cemetery. | Crossed Over | 06/05/2025 |
| S01188 | Requires a 120-day warning period for violations at congressionally chartered veterans' organization facilities. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2025 |
| S01788 | Extends eligibility for real property tax exemptions to veterans who served on a submarine or on classified missions during a period of war as documented by military service records. | Crossed Over | 05/19/2025 |
| S02070 | Requires the department of veterans' services to establish and maintain, in consultation and collaboration with other state agencies, a searchable database on the department's website providing resources available in the state for veterans, members of the uniformed services, and their families. | Crossed Over | 05/14/2025 |
| S03194 | Relates to defining "period of war" for the alternative veterans' exemption; includes more recent hostilities in the definition of "period of war". | Crossed Over | 06/10/2025 |
| S04889 | Relates to defining veteran; includes national guard members who have served for at least twenty years, part of which was during any war or period of hostilities. | Crossed Over | 06/10/2025 |
| S05397 | Relates to certificates of honorable separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States; provides that such certificates shall be forwarded to the appropriate local veterans' service agency within 60 days of receipt. | Crossed Over | 03/12/2025 |
| S06281 | Directs that moneys in the veterans' home services fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services; directs a report to be submitted by such commissioner; directs that moneys in the military family relief fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services. | Crossed Over | 05/19/2025 |
| S06661 | Establishes the "New York state veterans cemetery act"; directs the division to conduct an investigation and study on the issue of the establishment of a New York state veterans cemetery funding program. | Crossed Over | 06/13/2025 |