New York A 3240: Relates to establishing the aging in place council

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A03240 Summary:

BILL NOA03240A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04358-A

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSRLunsford, Eachus, Maher, Buttenschon, Chang, Novakhov, Pheffer Amato, Jones, Davila, Santabarbara,
 Simon, Sayegh, Gonzalez-Rojas, Colton, Raga, Stern

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §669-a, Ed L

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Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.

Go to top A03240 Actions:

BILL NOA03240A

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01/27/2025referred to higher education

06/09/2025amend and recommit to higher education

06/09/2025print number 3240a

06/13/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/16/2025reported referred to rules

06/16/2025reported 

06/16/2025rules report cal.776

06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.776

06/16/2025substituted by s4358a

&nbspS04358 AMEND=A BAILEY

&nbsp02/04/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

&nbsp03/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

&nbsp05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1221

&nbsp05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/27/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/27/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/27/2025referred to higher education

&nbsp06/09/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/09/2025returned to senate

&nbsp06/09/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

&nbsp06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4358A

&nbsp06/12/2025REPASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/12/2025referred to higher education

&nbsp06/16/2025substituted for a3240a

&nbsp06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.776

&nbsp06/16/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/16/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025SIGNED CHAP.688

&nbsp12/19/2025APPROVAL MEMO.67

Go to topA03240 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicExcusedGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA03240 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03240 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3240--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, LUNSFORD, EACHUS, MAHER, BUTTENSCHON,
 CHANG, NOVAKHOV, PHEFFER AMATO, JONES, DAVILA, SANTABARBARA, SIMON,
 SAYEGH, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, COLTON, RAGA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the veterans
 tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a
 spouse, survivor or child

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Veteran
 2 Family Educational Attainment Act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the education law is amended
 4 by adding three new paragraphs g, h, and i to read as follows:
 5 g. "Eligible immediate family" means a person who is the spouse, child
 6 or survivor of a qualified veteran, and who resides in this state.
 7 h. "Qualified veteran" means a veteran who would be eligible to
 8 receive a tuition award if such veteran satisfied the enrollment and
 9 application requirements set forth in paragraph a of subdivision two
 10 of this