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NY S 8055

in committee

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

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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 entitle to admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook university.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-18 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-15

    REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-24

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-04-24

    PRINT NUMBER 8055A

    amendment-passage

  5. 2026-05-18

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote - Version: A

    2026-05-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jake Ashby: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • Dan Stec: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: excused

Related bills

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8055?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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