S 791 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program

This bill establishes the "Staff Sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York State Military Immigrant Family Legacy Program" within New York's Office for New Americans. It creates designated liaisons between the Office for New Americans, the Division of Military and Naval Affairs, and the Department to refer military-connected immigrants (including active service members, veterans, reserve members, and their families) needing immigration assistance. The program coordinates access to existing legal services, maintains a multilingual hotline/website for resources, and tracks referrals to help intended recipients secure legal immigration status, including U.S. citizenship. The bill clarifies and operationalizes this coordination mechanism without changing eligibility or benefits.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Feb 5, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jan 13, 2025

How they voted

210
Passed
Total votes 21
Jan 13, 2025
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican7
7 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 13, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-0)
senate
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
NF
Nathalia Fernández
DDemocratic
NY
34