New York A 5960: Enacts into law components of legislation relating to the "Military Spouse Act"

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A05960 Summary:

BILL NOA05960 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S02717

&nbsp

SPONSORMiller

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add Art 2-A §20, Gen Bus L; amd §2136, Ins L; amd §§442-g & 444-e, RP L

&nbsp

Permits a military spouse to practice an occupation upon submission of licensure, certification or registration to practice an equivalent occupation issued by any other state; provided the licensure standards are not lower than those of this state.

Go to top A05960 Actions:

BILL NOA05960 

&nbsp

02/25/2025referred to economic development

05/20/2025held for consideration in economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

Go to topA05960 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chair:Stirpe 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:22/1 Action: Held for Consideration StirpeAyeFriendAye

MagnarelliAyeMorinelloAye

LupardoAyeLemondesAye

HyndmanAyeBrownAbsent

SternAyeBeephanNay

TapiaAyePirozzoloExcused

LucasAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

CunninghamAyeBolognaAye

SimoneAye

ZaccaroAye

DaisAye

GriffinAye

TorresAye

HooksAye

LasherExcused

KayAye

WrightAye

KassayAye

Go to topA05960 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05960 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5960

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, the insurance law and the real
 property law, in relation to licensing of military spouses with out-
 of-state licenses in equivalent occupations

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

 1 Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation relating
 2 to the "Military Spouse Act".
 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2-A
 4 to read as follows:

 5 ARTICLE 2-A
 6 ADMISSION TO A PROFESSION

 7 Section 20. Admission to a profession; licensing, certification or
 8 registration.
 9 § 20. Admission to a profession; licensing, certification or registra-
 10 tion. Admission to practice of a profession governed by this chapter in
 11 this state is accomplished, where required, by a license, certification
 12 or certificate of registration being issued to a qualified applicant by
 13 the secretary of state. To qualify for a license, certification or
 14 certificate of registration an applicant shall meet the requirements
 15 prescribed in the article for the particular profession and shall meet
 16 the requirements prescribed in section 3-503 of the general obligations
 17 law; provided that, notwithstanding any provision of the law to the
 18 contrary, any applicant who is the spouse of a member of the armed forc-
 19 es of the United States, national guard or reserves may submit satisfac-
 20 tory evidence of licensure, certification or registration to practice an
 21 equivalent occupation issued by any other state, territory, protectorate
 22 or dependency of the United States in lieu of the submissions required

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06884-01-5

 A. 5960 2

 1 by the article of this chapter for the particular profession, provided
 2 that such license, certification or certificate of registration was
 3 granted in compliance with standards which were, in the judgment of the
 4 secretary, not lower than those of this state.
 5 § 3. Subsection (d) of section 2136 of the insurance law, as added by
 6 chapter 687 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 7 (d) (1) the applicant's home state awards nonresident insurance
 8 producer licenses to residents of this state on the same basis as
 9 provided in this subsection; or
 10 (2) the applicant is the spouse of a member of the armed forces of the
 11 United States, national guard or reserves.
 12 § 4. Section 442-g of the real property law is amended by adding a new
 13 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 14 1-a. No nonresident applicant who is the spouse of a member of the
 15 armed forces of the United States, national guard, or reserves regularly
 16 engaged in the real estate business as a vocation, wh