New York A 1470: Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility

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A01470 Summary:

BILL NOA01470 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00747

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SPONSORButtenschon

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COSPNSRSayegh, Pheffer Amato

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §669-a, Ed L; amd §4, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.8596-A & A.9205-A)

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Relates to veterans tuition awards program eligibility; makes tuition awards available for certain veterans including, but not limited to Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.

Go to top A01470 Actions:

BILL NOA01470 

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01/09/2025referred to higher education

01/22/2025reported referred to rules

01/28/2025reported 

01/28/2025rules report cal.78

01/28/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.78

02/04/2025substituted by s747

&nbspS00747 AMEND= SCARCELLA-SPANTON

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.22

&nbsp01/28/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/28/2025referred to higher education

&nbsp02/04/2025substituted for a1470

&nbsp02/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.78

&nbsp02/04/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/04/2025returned to senate

&nbsp02/12/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/14/2025SIGNED CHAP.75

Go to topA01470 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HIGHER EDUCATION Chair:Hyndman 
DATE:01/22/2025AYE/NAY:25/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules HyndmanAyeSmullenAye

LupardoAyeSmithAye

StirpeAyeFitzpatrickAye

SimonAyeReillyAye

McDonaldAyeMillerAye

Bichotte HermelAyeGrayAye

McMahonAyePirozzoloAye

ButtenschonAyeSempolinskiAye

ClarkAye

ForrestAye

Chandler-WatermAye

SeawrightAye

EachusAye

SayeghAye

ReyesAye

GriffinAye

KellesAye

O'PharrowExcused

Committee:RULES Chair:Heastie 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable HeastieAyeBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA01470 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA01470 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1470

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to veterans tuition
 awards program eligibility, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024
 amending the education law relating to expanding eligibility under the
 veterans tuition awards program, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 8596-A and A. 9205-A, in relation to the effectiveness
 thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph d of subdivision 1 of
 2 section 669-a of the education law, as amended by a chapter of the laws
 3 of 2024 amending the education law relating to expanding eligibility
 4 under the veterans tuition awards program, as proposed in legislative
 5 bills numbers S. 8596-A and A. 9205-A, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (ii) served in the armed forces of the United States (1) on active
 7 duty for at least four years, or (2) in hostilities that occurred after
 8 February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by
 9 their receipt of an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary
 10 Medal, or Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, and
 11 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a of the education
 12 law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the education
 13 law relating to expanding eligibility under the veterans tuition awards
 14 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8596-A and A.
 15 9205-A, is amended to read as follows:
 16 a. Tuition awards are available for all Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghan-
 17 istan and other eligible veterans, as defined in subdivision one of this
 18 section, who are enrolled, pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision four
 19 of section six hundred sixty-one of this part, in approved undergraduate
 20 or graduate programs at degree granting institutions or e