S 7784 NY
Relates to the issuance of pool and health memberships to disabled veterans at certain SUNY and CUNY campuses
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Summary
This bill requires the State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) boards of trustees to adopt policies requiring all SUNY and CUNY campuses that offer fitness and aquatic facility memberships to permit disabled veterans to obtain memberships. The bill requires disabled veterans to have access to these facilities on the same terms and conditions as the general public, but without payment of fees or at a discounted rate. The bill aims to provide disabled veterans with accessible fitness and aquatic facility memberships at SUNY and CUNY institutions.
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Official abstract
Requires that the state university of New York's board of trustees and the city university of New York's board of trustees shall each adopt a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York, college, and community college campuses that offer membership programs to the general public for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities, to permit disabled veterans to obtain a membership for the use of fitness and aquatic facilities upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the general public, but without payment of any fees or other charges, or at a discounted rate; defines "disabled veteran".
Sponsor (1)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton Democratic · primary
9 coauthors / cosponsors
- Anthony H. Palumbo Republican · cosponsor
- George Borrello Republican · cosponsor
- Stephen T. Chan Republican · cosponsor
- Patricia Fahy Democratic · cosponsor
- Patrick M. Gallivan Republican · cosponsor
- Monica Martinez Democratic · cosponsor
- Mario Mattera Republican · cosponsor
- Dean Murray Republican · cosponsor
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
Action history (8)
- May 6, 2025 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION · upper
- May 29, 2025 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION · upper
- May 29, 2025 PRINT NUMBER 7784A · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.769 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 28, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A6001A · upper
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