S 5588 NY

Expands the Gold Star exemption

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 25, 2025

Latest action (Jan 7, 2026) REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Summary

Expands the Gold Star exemption by including the War on Terror as a qualifying period of war and allows for the exemption where the Gold Star Parent's child has died in the United States from a service-connected disability.

Sponsor (1)

Robert Ortt Republican · primary

1 coauthor / cosponsor

Pamela Helming Republican · cosponsor

Action history (2)

Feb 25, 2025 REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS · upper
Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS · upper

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