S 7486 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Qualifies the permitted use of proceeds from the lease of lands located at the state university of New York at Purchase

Summary
Qualifies the permitted use of proceeds from the lease of lands located at the state university of New York at Purchase shall go to New York state resident students who are eligible to receive a federal Pell grant.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Nov 2025
Introduced Apr 17, 2025 Signed Nov 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

S7486 S7486A · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended after being reviewed by the Committee on Higher Education, which discharged the bill and allowed it to be amended. The main substantive change clarifies eligibility criteria for student financial aid by removing the word 'were' and adding 'federal' before 'Pell grant', making the eligibility requirement clearer and more precise. The bill also removed unnecessary bracketed text from the original draft.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the same, but the eligibility criteria for student financial aid were clarified to ensure only students who are eligible for a federal Pell grant qualify for the allocated funds.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed eligibility language from 'who [are] were at any time while attending Purchase college eligible to receive a Pell grant' to 'who are eligible to receive a federal Pell grant', removing redundant phrasing and adding 'federal' for clarity.

TECHNICAL

Removed bracketed text '[are] were' which was placeholder text from the original draft, and updated the bill number from S7486 to S7486--A to reflect committee amendments.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 5, 2025 · Assembly Jun 11, 2025

How they voted

600
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
Jun 5, 2025
D Democratic41
39 Yea 2
95% Yea
R Republican22
21 Yea 1
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Nov 21, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.554
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 5, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
lower
Jun 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7486A
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Shelley Mayer
Shelley Mayer
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
37