Senate Bill S7765

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a New York state veterans' and service member law book

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S7765 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8089
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Veterans' Services L

2025-S7765 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a New York state veterans' and service member law book of a compilation of all state statutes governing the rights, privileges, benefits and services afforded to veterans, service members and their families.

2025-S7765 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7765 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7765
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing
   a New York state veterans' and service member law book

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  4  of  the  veterans' services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 40 to read as follows:
   40. TO ANNUALLY PUBLISH AND KEEP CURRENT A COMPILATION  OF  ALL  STATE
 STATUTES   GOVERNING  THE  RIGHTS,  PRIVILEGES,  BENEFITS  AND  SERVICES
 AFFORDED TO VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SUCH  COMPILA-
 TION  SHALL  BE  ANNOTATED  WITH  COMMENTARY  AND CITATIONS TO CASE LAW,
 GENERAL COUNSEL OPINIONS AND AGENCY REGULATIONS RELEVANT TO  THE  INTER-
 PRETATION  OF  EACH  STATUTE  TO  ASSIST VETERANS AND THEIR ADVOCATES IN
 UNDERSTANDING THE LAW.   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  MAKE  REFERENCE  TO  THIS
 COMPILATION  AT  THE SEMINARS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FIVE AND
 SIX OF THIS SECTION. THE COMPILATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE  IN  BOTH  PRINT
 AND  ELECTRONIC EDITIONS.  THE ELECTRONIC EDITION SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY
 POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND A PRINT COPY OF  THE  COMPILATION
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND
 ADVOCATES UPON REQUEST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11779-01-5

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