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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5080: Authorizes the department of veterans' affairs to provide eligible veterans with financial assistance for purchasing, training and the upkeep of service dogs and emotional support dogs

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5080 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes the department of veterans' affairs to provide eligible veterans with financial assistance for purchasing, training and the upkeep of service dogs and emotional support dogs. Primary sponsor: Pamela Hunter (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Authorizes the department of veterans' affairs to provide eligible veterans with financial assistance for purchasing, training and the upkeep of service dogs and emotional support dogs.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pamela HunterPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse128
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
  2. REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source