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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4358: Relates to the veterans tuition awards program

Enacted 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 4358 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the veterans tuition awards program. Primary sponsor: Jamaal Bailey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 19, 2025): APPROVAL MEMO.67.

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.

Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child; defines terms.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 4 · Republican/Conservative 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamaal BaileyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
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. APPROVAL MEMO.67
  2. SIGNED CHAP.688
  3. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  4. RETURNED TO SENATE
  5. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  6. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.776
  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR A3240A
  8. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  9. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  10. REPASSED SENATE
  11. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4358A
  12. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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