New York S 1009: Authorizes a veteran's close friend or family member who is reasonably familiar with such veteran's wishes to request that such veteran be buried in a state veterans' cemetery

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S01009 Summary:

BILL NOS01009 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00408

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, HARCKHAM, HELMING, RHOADS, STEC, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-a, Veterans' Services L; amd §4201, Pub Health L

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Authorizes a veteran's close friend or family who is reasonably familiar with such veteran's wishes to request that such veteran be buried in a state veterans' cemetery.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1367

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/05/2025referred to veterans' affairs

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

03/17/20261ST REPORT CAL.553

03/18/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/19/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to veterans' affairs

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1009

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, ADDABBO, ASHBY, HARCKHAM, HELMING, RHOADS,
 STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
 ted to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
 Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law and the public health law, in
 relation to authorizing a veteran's close friend or family member who
 is reasonably familiar with such veteran's wishes to request that such
 veteran be buried in a veterans' cemetery

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

 1 Section 1. The veterans' services law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 27-a to read as follows:
 3 § 27-a. Burial rights of certain veterans. 1. For the purposes of
 4 this section, "agent in control of the disposition of remains" means the
 5 person responsible or designated to control the disposition of a
 6 deceased veteran's remains as defined and outlined in section forty-two
 7 hundred one of the public health law who has knowledge of a veteran's
 8 desire to be buried in a veterans' cemetery and can provide evidence of
 9 the military service of the decedent which shall be furnished in the
 10 manner and form prescribed by the state commissioner.
 11 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of local law, law, rule or
 12 regulation to the contrary, any agent in control of the disposition of
 13 remains may request that a deceased veteran be buried in a veterans'
 14 cemetery.
 15 § 2. Subparagraph (ix) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 16 4201 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of
 17 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 18 (ix) a close friend or relative who is reasonably familiar with the
 19 decedent's wishes, including the decedent's religious or moral beliefs,
 20 when no one higher on this list is reasonably available, willing, or
 21 competent to act[, provided that such person has executed a written
 22 statement pursuant to subdivision seven of this section]; or
 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01504-01-5

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