New York A 8057: Establishes a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans coordinator

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A08057 Summary:

BILL NOA08057A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRSeawright

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §4, add §19-a, Veterans' Services L

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Establishes a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans coordinator in order to support the unique needs of, advocate for, and celebrate the service of such veterans.

Go to top A08057 Actions:

BILL NOA08057A

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04/22/2025referred to veterans' affairs

01/07/2026referred to veterans' affairs

02/17/2026amend (t) and recommit to veterans' affairs

02/17/2026print number 8057a

02/25/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA08057 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS Chair:Stern 
DATE:02/25/2026AYE/NAY:16/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means SternAyeManktelowAye

HunterAyeMorinelloAye

Pheffer AmatoAyeHawleyNay

ButtenschonExcusedSmullenNay

RajkumarAyeAngelinoAye

SeptimoAye

BurdickAye

EachusAye

BergerAye

GriffinAye

KayAye

O'PharrowAye

SchiavoniAye

CashmanAye

Go to topA08057 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08057 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8057--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Veterans' Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee on Veterans'
 Affairs in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing
 a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans coordinator in
 order to support the unique needs of and celebrate the service by such
 veterans

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4 of the veterans' services law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 40 to read as follows:
 3 40. To encourage the development of and to provide for the establish-
 4 ment of a state lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans coordi-
 5 nator, as provided in section nineteen-a of this article.
 6 § 2. The veterans' services law is amended by adding a new section
 7 19-a to read as follows:
 8 § 19-a. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans coordinator.
 9 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms
 10 shall have the following meanings:
 11 (a) "veteran" shall have the same meaning as defined in section one of
 12 this article and shall also include an individual who served on active
 13 duty in the uniformed services and has a "qualifying condition", as
 14 defined in section one of this article, and has received a discharge
 15 other than bad conduct or dishonorable, or is a "discharged LGBT veter-
 16 an", as defined in section one of this article, and has received a
 17 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable; and
 18 (b) "active duty" shall have the same meaning as used in section twen-
 19 ty-six of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11647-02-6

 A. 8057--A 2

 1 2. Establishment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veter-
 2 ans coordinator. There is hereby established within the department, a
 3 "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans coordinator" who shall
 4 be a veteran appointed by and work under the direction of the commis-
 5 sioner. Such coordinator's duties shall include, but not be limited to:
 6 (a) identification, development, planning, organization and coordi-
 7 nation of all statewide programs and services to meet the unique needs
 8 of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans;
 9 (b) making recommendations to the commissioner to ensure compliance
 10 with all existing department policies and regulations pertaining to the
 11 needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans on the state
 12 and federal level and make recommendations regarding the improvement of
 13 benefits and services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veter-
 14 ans;
 15 (c) acting as a liaison between the department, state veterans nursing
 16 homes, state agencies,