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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6559: Establishes a veterans' bill of rights

Passed both chambers 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 6559 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes a veterans' bill of rights. Primary sponsor: Michael Benedetto (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 2, 2026): RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY.

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.

Establishes a veterans' bill of rights; provides sample language for such bill of rights; requires the department of veterans' services to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights and to make such bill of rights available on the department's website.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael BenedettoPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21

“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. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  2. PASSED SENATE
  3. 3RD READING CAL.1161
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR S7708B
  5. REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
  6. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  7. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  8. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6559C
  9. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.164
  10. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  11. DIED IN SENATE
  12. REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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