Bill Commons

NY A 8365

in committee

Relates to eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8365 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8365 is in committee as of 2026-04-28 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-28): REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

What is NY A 8365 about?

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 six months prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, or a birth or adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild; requires, where applicable, the immediate family member of a veteran applicant to file an affidavit of New York state residence; authorizes veterans with an immediate family member who has been a New York state resident for six months to be entitled to admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook university.

Who sponsors NY A 8365?

Dana Levenberg is the primary sponsor of NY A 8365, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

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 six months prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, or a birth or adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild; requires, where applicable, the immediate family member of a veteran applicant to file an affidavit of New York state residence; authorizes veterans with an immediate family member who has been a New York state resident for six months to be entitled to admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook university.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-04-28 — REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Dana Levenbergprimary
  • Steve Sterncosponsor
  • Kwani O'Pharrowcosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Amy Paulincosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-13

    REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-22

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-04-22

    PRINT NUMBER 8365A

    amendment-passage

  5. 2026-04-28

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8365?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

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 8365. 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.