New York A 55: Includes veterans in the definition of military status for purposes of unlawful discrimination

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A00055 Summary:

BILL NOA00055A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02640

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SPONSOREpstein

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COSPNSRSeawright, Alvarez, Schiavoni, Glick, Griffin, Kay

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §292, Exec L

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Includes veterans in the definition of military status to protect veterans from being unlawfully discriminated against.

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BILL NOA00055A

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/28/2025amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations

01/28/2025print number 55a

12/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 55--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including veterans in
 the definition of military status for purposes of unlawful discrimi-
 nation

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 28 of section 292 of the executive law, as
 2 added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 3 28. The term "military status" when used in this article means a
 4 person's participation in the military service of the United States or
 5 the military service of the state, including but not limited to, the
 6 armed forces of the United States, the army national guard, the air
 7 national guard, the New York naval militia, the New York guard, service
 8 as a commissioned officer in the public health service, commissioned
 9 officer of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or
 10 commissioned officer of the environmental sciences services adminis-
 11 tration, a cadet at a United States armed forces services academy, and
 12 such additional forces as may be created by the federal or state govern-
 13 ment as authorized by law. "Military status" shall also include a
 14 person's participation in the military service of the United States or
 15 the military service of the state if such person has been released from
 16 such service.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00532-04-5

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