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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3779: Relates to increasing the maximum years of study under the tuition assistance program

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 3779 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to increasing the maximum years of study under the tuition assistance program. Primary sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

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.

Increases the maximum time limits for tuition assistance program awards; increases the maximum number of academic years of study to six.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew GounardesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Sam SuttonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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 HIGHER EDUCATION
  2. RETURNED TO SENATE
  3. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  4. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  5. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  6. PASSED SENATE
  7. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  8. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  9. 1ST REPORT CAL.228
  10. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Sources

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