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A06992 Summary:
BILL NO | A06992A |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Dickens |
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COSPNSR | Taylor, Reyes, Aubry, Sillitti, McDonough, Smullen, Simon, Burdick, Buttenschon, Cunningham, Santabarbara, Bores |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd 4, Veterans' Services L | |
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Requires the department of veterans' services to provide legal and/or technical support to veterans who want to change such veteran's discharged status to honorable because such person was dishonorably or administratively discharged from the armed services due to sexual orientation. |
A06992 Actions:
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05/10/2023 | referred to veterans' affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | referred to veterans' affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/12/2024 | amend and recommit to veterans' affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/12/2024 | print number 6992a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/16/2024 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/02/2024 | advanced to third reading cal.426 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/06/2024 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/06/2024 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/06/2024 | REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
A06992 Committee Votes:
Jean-Pierre | Aye | Manktelow | Aye | ||||||
Hunter | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Pheffer Amato | Aye | Hawley | Excused | ||||||
Stern | Aye | McDonough | Excused | ||||||
Jones | Aye | Smullen | Aye | ||||||
Buttenschon | Aye | Angelino | Aye | ||||||
Rajkumar | Aye | ||||||||
Septimo | Aye | ||||||||
Burdick | Aye | ||||||||
Cunningham | Aye | ||||||||
Eachus | Aye | ||||||||
Berger | Aye | ||||||||
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A06992 Floor Votes:
Yes
Alvarez
Yes ‡
Byrnes
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Carroll
Yes ‡
Fitzpatrick
ER
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Flood
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Chang
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Clark
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
ER
Barclay
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallahan
ER
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Berger
Yes
Curran
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Maher
ER
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dais
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bores
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McGowan
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes ‡
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dilan
ER
Hevesi
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Sayegh
ER
Weinstein
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown EA
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shrestha
Yes ‡
Zaccaro
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes ‡
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Burke
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes ‡
Buttenschon
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A06992 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6992--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DICKENS, TAYLOR, REYES, AUBRY, SILLITTI, McDO- NOUGH, SMULLEN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to providing certain support for veterans to help alter their discharged status The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 31 of section 4 of the veterans' services law 2 is amended to read as follows: 3 31. To maintain a discharge upgrade [advisory] assistance board 4 program within the department to [provide written non-binding advisory5opinions to] assist veterans of the state of New York [appealing] in 6 upgrading their character of discharge [from], changing their reason for 7 discharge, or seeking any other relief available through the discharge 8 review board or [the] board for [corrections] correction of military or 9 naval records for their branch of service on the federal level. Individ- 10 uals may submit an application with evidence, including all relevant 11 documents, which shall be reviewed by the discharge upgrade [advisory] 12 assistance board [program] in a timely manner. After review of the 13 application the board shall provide a written non-binding advisory opin- 14 ion as to the merits of the veteran's case. Upon receipt of an applica- 15 tion, it shall be the duty of the board to assist the veteran in identi- 16 fying and obtaining any additional information or evidence necessary to 17 either reach such an opinion or support the veteran's case. If such 18 board finds the veteran's application for a discharge upgrade is merito- 19 rious, then the board will [provide] assist the veteran [with] in filing 20 a request for correction or review and represent the veteran before the 21 appropriate venue which shall include preparing a written opinion advo- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10714-02-4A. 6992--A 2 1 cating for the discharge review board or board for [corrections] 2 correction of military or naval records to grant that veteran's appeal. 3 If, however, the board is unable to represent the veteran directly, the 4 board shall assist the veteran in finding representation through other 5 qualified counsel or an accredited representative of an organization 6 recognized by the secretary of veterans affairs under chapter 59 of 7 title 38 of the United States code. In the event of an unfavorable deci- 8 sion from a discharge review board or board for correction of mili- 9 tary or naval records, the board shall also provide information and 10 assistance in securing qualified counsel to any veteran interested in 11 pursuing an appeal of such decision in federal court. The department 12 shall post information on the discharge upgrade advisory board program 13 on its official webpage. Furthermore, the department shall make refer- 14 ence to this program pursuant to subdivisions five, six and seven of 15 this section and official social media of the department. The annual 16 report required by subdivision seventeen of this section shall contain 17 information including, but not limited to, the number of cases reviewed, 18 and the number of cases where a veteran's application was found to be 19 meritorious, the number of meritorious applications for which the board 20 provided representation in pursuing their appeal at the federal level, 21 the outcome of such representation, and the names and numbers of other 22 counsel or organizations to whom referrals for representation were made. 23 As used in this subdivision the term "veteran" means a person who served 24 in the uniformed services or their respective national guard or reserve 25 components, regardless of discharge status. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.