A 6001 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to the issuance of pool and health memberships to disabled veterans at certain SUNY and CUNY campuses

Summary
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".
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 28, 2026
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What changed between versions

A6001 A6001A · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to expand eligibility for disabled veterans by allowing them to receive either free or discounted memberships for fitness and aquatic facilities at SUNY and CUNY campuses. Additionally, the requirement for these policies was extended to include the City University of New York's board of trustees, which was not explicitly mentioned in the original version.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include the City University of New York's board of trustees in addition to the State University of New York's board of trustees.
ELIGIBILITY

Disabled veterans are now eligible for either free memberships or discounted rates, whereas the original text only provided for free memberships.

SCOPE

The City University of New York's board of trustees is now required to adopt the policy regarding disabled veteran memberships.

Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026 · Assembly May 4, 2026

How they voted

600
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
May 28, 2026
D Democratic41
40 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican22
20 Yea 2
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 4, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
May 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 6001A
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 28, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors

Sponsors