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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

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

Passed one chamber 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

S 1009 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Samra Brouk (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 28, 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 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 4 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Samra BroukPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Dan StecCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate45
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“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. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.553
  7. REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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