New York S 7784: Relates to the issuance of pool and health memberships to disabled veterans at certain SUNY and CUNY campuses

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S07784 Summary:

BILL NOS07784A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06001-A

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRPALUMBO, BORRELLO, CHAN, FAHY, GALLIVAN, MARTINEZ, MATTERA, MURRAY, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Requires that the state university of New York's board of trustees and the city university of New York's board of trustees shall each adopt a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York, college, and community college campuses that offer membership programs to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities, to permit disabled veterans to obtain a membership for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the general public, but without payment of any fees or other charges, or at a discounted rate; defines "disabled veteran".

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BILL NOS07784A

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05/06/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/29/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 7784A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.769

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A6001A

&nbspA06001 AMEND=A Schiavoni

&nbsp02/25/2025referred to higher education

&nbsp05/28/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/29/2025amend and recommit to ways and means

&nbsp05/29/2025print number 6001a

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/28/2026reported 

&nbsp04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.409

&nbsp05/04/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/04/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/04/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp05/28/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S7784A

&nbsp05/28/20263RD READING CAL.769

&nbsp05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/28/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7784--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SCARCELLA-SPANTON, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
 Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT relating to the issuance of pool and health memberships to disa-
 bled veterans at certain SUNY and CUNY campuses

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

 1 Section 1. For the purposes of this section, "disabled veteran" shall
 2 mean a veteran who is certified by the United States veterans' adminis-
 3 tration or a military department as entitled to receive disability
 4 payments upon the certification of such veterans' administration or a
 5 military department for a disability incurred by the veteran in the
 6 course of their service.
 7 § 2. The state university of New York's board of trustees and the city
 8 university of New York's board of trustees shall each adopt a policy
 9 requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York,
 10 college, and community college campuses that offer membership programs
 11 to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities, to
 12 permit disabled veterans to obtain a membership for the use of fitness
 13 and aquatic facilities upon the same terms and conditions as apply to
 14 the general public, but without payment of any fees or other charges, or
 15 at a discounted rate. Such membership shall be granted upon the presen-
 16 tation of documentation confirming disabled veteran status at the time
 17 of application or any time after such membership has been granted.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 19 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03049-03-5

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