Bill Commons

NY A 1298

in committee

Expands the veterans tuition awards program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 1298 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1298 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 1298 about?

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to include all persons who were honorably discharged and were residents of the state before and after serving in the armed forces of the United States; provides veterans an award equal to the in-state tuition paid at a state university for each semester the veteran is engaged in undergraduate, graduate or vocational study.

Who sponsors NY A 1298?

Matthew Slater is the primary sponsor of NY A 1298, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to include all persons who were honorably discharged and were residents of the state before and after serving in the armed forces of the United States; provides veterans an award equal to the in-state tuition paid at a state university for each semester the veteran is engaged in undergraduate, graduate or vocational study.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Matthew Slaterprimary
  • Scott H. Bendettcosponsor
  • Angelo J. Morinellocosponsor
  • Robert Smullencosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Lester Changcosponsor
  • Stephen Hawleycosponsor
  • Keith Browncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-09

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 5826not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1298?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=A 1298. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.