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Assembly Bill A10544

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires all forms issued to the public by the state include an optional question regarding veteran status

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2025-A10544 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §29-f, Veterans' Services L

2025-A10544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all forms issued to the public by the state include an optional question regarding veteran status and whether the person completing the form would consent to the agency sharing their contact information with regards to resources available to veterans.

2025-A10544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10544
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to requiring all
   forms issued to the public by the state include an  optional  question
   regarding veteran status
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The veterans' services law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 29-f to read as follows:
   §  29-F.  VETERAN  STATUS QUESTION ON FORMS.   ANY FORM CREATED BY ANY
 DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION, OFFICE, AGENCY, AUTHOR-
 ITY OR PUBLIC CORPORATION OF THE STATE WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THE  PUBLIC
 FOR  SUBMISSION TO SUCH DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION,
 OFFICE, AGENCY, AUTHORITY OR  PUBLIC  CORPORATION  OF  THE  STATE  SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   1.  A QUESTION AS TO IF THE PERSON COMPLETING THE FORM IS A VETERAN OR
 RESIDES WITH A VETERAN.
   2. A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER  THE  PERSON  COMPLETING  THE  FORM  WOULD
 CONSENT TO THE AGENCY SHARING THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT REGARDING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO VETERANS.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06194-03-6

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