Assembly Bill A6504

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and CUNY systems

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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-A6504 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2067
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-a, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7130
2017-2018: S938
2019-2020: S3471
2021-2022: A7338, S1288
2023-2024: A6642, S5018

2025-A6504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and CUNY systems to provide veterans with assistance in resume writing and employment placement services.

2025-A6504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6504
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. DAIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation  to  the  estab-
   lishment  of  a  veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and
   CUNY systems
 
   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 5-a to read as follows:
   § 5-A. VETERAN CAREER ASSISTANCE.  THE  STATE  COMMISSIONER,  TOGETHER
 WITH THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CHANCEL-
 LOR OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, SHALL ESTABLISH A VETERAN CAREER
 ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE VETERANS WITH ASSISTANCE
 IN RESUME WRITING AND EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT SERVICES. THE  PROGRAM  SHALL
 BE  DEVELOPED  AND  MAINTAINED  WITH  RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE TO THE
 DIVISION AND THE UNIVERSITY  SYSTEMS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 CAMPUS   VETERANS  SERVICE  OFFICES,  CAREER  CENTERS,  AND  OPPORTUNITY
 CENTERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05774-01-5

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