A 8485 — Establishes voluntary opportunities for veterans
Congress · introduced 2025-05-16
Requires the department of veterans' services to provide information on the department's website on volunteer opportunities available to veterans and to post relevant application forms that a qualified veteran can use to apply for volunteer opportunities.
Latest action: 2025-12-19 — SIGNED_BY_GOV
Sponsors
- Steve Stern (—, NY-10) — sponsor · 2025-05-16
- Paula Kay (—, NY-100) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Michael Durso (—, NY-9) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Billy Jones (—, NY-115) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Judy Griffin (—, NY-21) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Angelo Santabarbara (—, NY-111) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
- Marianne Buttenschon (—, NY-119) — cosponsor · 2025-05-16
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
- · assembly — REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- · assembly — REPORTED
- · assembly — RULES REPORT CAL.534
- · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.534
- · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — DELIVERED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — SUBSTITUTED FOR S274B
- · senate — 3RD READING CAL.738
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- · assembly — SIGNED CHAP.666
- · assembly — APPROVAL MEMO.47
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Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-16 | Angelo Santabarbara | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Billy Jones | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Michael Durso | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Paula Kay | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Judy Griffin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Marianne Buttenschon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-16 | Steve Stern | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Stern (—, state_lower NY-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Angelo Santabarbara (—, state_lower NY-111) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Billy Jones (—, state_lower NY-115) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Judy Griffin (—, state_lower NY-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Marianne Buttenschon (—, state_lower NY-119) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Michael Durso (—, state_lower NY-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Paula Kay (—, state_lower NY-100) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Billy Jones (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Marianne Buttenschon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · sponsored by Steve Stern (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Paula Kay (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Michael Durso (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Angelo Santabarbara (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-16 · cosponsored by Judy Griffin (cosponsor) · sponsorship