Establishes a New York state veterans' and service member law book

Latest action Mar 9, 2026

Establishes a New York state veterans' and service member law book of a compilation of all state statutes governing the rights, privileges, benefits and services afforded to veterans, service members and their families.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A8089, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Veterans' Service Law.

Committee

Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs · New York State Senate

Also referred to Veterans' Affairs · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of this bill is to help veterans, military families and their advocates more easily find and understand the state laws directly applicable to them by providing a compilation of relevant statutes in one convenient place.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military AffairsFeb 3, 2026Result: passed
(9) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military AffairsMay 28, 2025Result: passed
(9) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Angelo Santabarbara, Marianne Buttenschon and 2 more on Agora

Democratic3
Republican1

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Jessica Scarcella-Spanton says this is needed

Veterans' advocates have testified before the Committee many times, stating that they have had a difficult time finding updated information on the rights and benefits for veterans, service members and their fami- lies and as a result spend many hours looking for information in several different publications or websites. By having an updated compilation of state statutes annotated with commentary and citations to case law, general counsel opinions and agency regulations related to the interpre- tation of each statute all in one place, it will make the job of helping veterans, service members and their families a little bit more manage- able.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Mar 9, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Mar 9, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Mar 9, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
NY Senate
Feb 3, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Senate
DIED IN SENATE
NY Senate

Show full history (9 earlier events)

Jan 7, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.203
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.203
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
NY Senate
May 28, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
May 5, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
May 5, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
May 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
NY Senate
May 1, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.120
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.120
NY Assembly
Apr 28, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Apr 24, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
NY Assembly

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
Party colors: Parties are shown in the same neutral colors.
Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Nov 3, 2026. About our data

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