New York A 6559: Establishes a veterans' bill of rights

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A06559 Summary:

BILL NOA06559C

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SAME ASSAME AS S07708-B

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SPONSORBenedetto

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COSPNSRGriffin, Angelino, Pheffer Amato

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §29-f, Veterans' Services L

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Establishes a veterans' bill of rights; provides sample language for such bill of rights; requires the department of veterans' services to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights and to make such bill of rights available on the department's website.

Go to top A06559 Actions:

BILL NOA06559C

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03/06/2025referred to veterans' affairs

05/05/2025amend and recommit to veterans' affairs

05/05/2025print number 6559a

05/15/2025amend and recommit to veterans' affairs

05/15/2025print number 6559b

05/19/2025reported referred to rules

05/21/2025reported 

05/21/2025rules report cal.225

05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.225

05/21/2025passed assembly

05/21/2025delivered to senate

05/21/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.164

01/12/2026amended on third reading 6559c

02/26/2026passed assembly

02/26/2026delivered to senate

02/26/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S7708B

06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1161

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Go to topA06559 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS Chair:Stern 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules SternAyeManktelowAye

HunterAyeMorinelloAye

Pheffer AmatoAyeHawleyAye

JonesAyeSmullenAye

ButtenschonAyeAngelinoAye

RajkumarAye

SeptimoAbsent

BurdickAye

EachusAye

BergerAye

GriffinAye

KayAye

O'PharrowAye

SchiavoniAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/21/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinExcusedSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA06559 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:05/21/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 143/0ER 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

Yes 

Friend 

Yes 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Lemondes 

ER 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Smith 

Yes 

Angelino 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

Yes 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chang 

Yes 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

Yes 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Raga 

ER 

Stern 

Yes 

Beephan 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Glick 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Ramos 

Yes 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Cook 

Yes 

Gray 

ER 

Mamdani 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Griffin 

Yes 

Manktelow 

ER 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hawley 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

Yes 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes &#8225

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

Yes 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

Yes 

Bologna 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

Yes 

Bores 

Yes 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

ER 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jackson 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Sayegh 

Yes 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

DiPietro 

Yes 

Jensen 

Yes 

Molitor 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

Yes 

Durso 

Yes 

Jones 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

Yes 

Brown EA 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kassay 

Yes 

Norber 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

Yes 

Epstein