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A08095 Summary:

A08095 Actions:

A08095 Committee Votes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS   Chair:Barrett      
DATE:06/04/2019AYE/NAY:18/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Barrett
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cusick
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Miller
Excused
Ashby
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Mosley
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Stern
Aye
Jones
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/14/2019AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Barclay
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Raia
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cook
Excused
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Excused
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye

A08095 Floor Votes:

A08095 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8095--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 31, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BARRETT, D'URSO, BLAKE, CUSICK, ASHBY -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Veterans'  Affairs  --  reported
          and  referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and  recommitted  to  the
          Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
          of  veterans'  services to maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board
          program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 24 to read as follows:
     3    24.  To maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board program within the
     4  division to provide written non-binding advisory opinions to veterans of
     5  the state of New York appealing their character of  discharge  from  the
     6  discharge  review board or the board for corrections of military records
     7  for their branch of service on the federal level. Individuals may submit
     8  an application with evidence, including all  relevant  documents,  which
     9  shall  be  reviewed by the discharge upgrade advisory board program in a
    10  timely manner. If such board  finds  the  veteran's  application  for  a
    11  discharge upgrade is meritorious, then the board will provide the veter-
    12  an  with  a written opinion advocating for the discharge review board or
    13  board for corrections of military or naval records to grant that  veter-
    14  an's  appeal.  The  division  shall  post  information  on the discharge
    15  upgrade advisory board program  on  its  official  webpage.  The  annual
    16  report  required  by  subdivision  eleven  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.
    20    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13121-02-9