New York A 8967: Renames the veterans' services law the veterans and military families law and renames the department of veterans' services the department of veterans and military families

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A08967 Summary:

BILL NOA08967 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSlater

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Amd Veterans' Services L, generally; amd §6-p, Bank L; amd §87, Cannabis L; amd §831, County L; amd §210, Ec
Dev L; amd §42, Cor L; amd §§50, 75, 85 & 86, Civ Serv L; amd §§13-b, 14-a & 19, Dom Rel L; amd Ed L,
generally; amd §§1-104, 5-210 & 5-211, El L; amd §§11-0305 & 11-0715, En Con L; amd §§94-b, 130, 191 & 643,
Exec L; amd §§32, 35, 35-a, 69-p & 435, Gen Bus L; amd §13-a, Gen Con L; amd §§77, 99-v & 148, Gen Muni L;
amd §117-c, Hway L; amd §§2103, 2104, 2108, 2137 & 2139, Ins L; amd §466, Judy L; amd §§168 & 224-d, Lab L;
amd §§5.06 & 7.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §§20, 243, 245, 247, 249 & 256, Mil L; amd §§202 & 1401, N-PC L; amd
§13.19, Pks & Rec L; amd §156, Pub Hous L; amd §§2509-d, 2522, 2632, 2805-b, 2805-o, 3422, 3802 & 3803, Pub
Health L; amd §63, Pub Off L; amd §1271, Priv Hous Fin L; amd §§458, 458-a & 458-b, RPT L; amd §§20, 122 &
168, Soc Serv L; amd §§95-f, 97-mmmm, 99-v, 143, 163 & 213, St Fin L; amd §103-a, St Tech L; amd §§210-B,
606, 1115 & 1511, Tax L; amd §295, Town L; amd §§404-v, 404-w, 404-y, 490, 504 & 508, V & T L; amd §15, Work
Comp L; amd §20, Chap 784 of 1951; amd §16-t, UDC Act; amd §31-102, NYC Ad Cd; amd §3102, NYC Chart

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Renames the veterans' services law the veterans and military families law; renames the department of veterans' services the department of veterans and military families; requires the department of veterans and military families to provide certain services to military families.

Go to top A08967 Actions:

BILL NOA08967 

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08/13/2025referred to veterans' affairs

01/07/2026referred to veterans' affairs

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8967

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Veterans' Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, the banking law, the canna-
 bis law, the county law, the economic development law, the correction
 law, the civil service law, the domestic relations law, the education
 law, the election law, the environmental conservation law, the execu-
 tive law, the general business law, the general construction law, the
 general municipal law, the highway law, the insurance law, the judici-
 ary law, the labor law, the mental hygiene law, the military law, the
 not-for-profit corporation law, the parks, recreation, and historic
 preservation law, the public housing law, the public health law, the
 public officers law, the private housing finance law, the real proper-
 ty tax law, the social services law, the state finance law, the state
 technology law, the tax law, the town law, the vehicle and traffic
 law, the workers' compensation law, chapter 784 of the laws of 1951,
 constituting the New York state defense emergency act, chapter 174 of
 the laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development
 corporation act, the administrative code of the city of New York, and
 the New York city charter, in relation to renaming the veterans'
 services law the veterans and military families law, renaming the
 department of veterans' services the department of veterans and mili-
 tary families, and requiring the department of veterans and military
 families to provide certain services to military families

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

 1 Section 1. The chapter heading of chapter 13 of the consolidated laws
 2 is amended to read as follows:
 3 [VETERANS' SERVICES] VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES
 4 § 2. The article heading of article 1 of the veterans' services law is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 DEPARTMENT OF [VETERANS' SERVICES] VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ita