S 7784 New York Senate · 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 in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 6, 2025 Last action May 28, 2026
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S7784 S7784A · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to require both the State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY) to offer free memberships to disabled veterans at their fitness and aquatic facilities. Additionally, the amendment allows these institutions to offer memberships at a discounted rate rather than strictly free, providing more flexibility in how the benefits are delivered.
Scope change
The scope of the bill was expanded to explicitly include the City University of New York (CUNY) alongside SUNY, whereas the original version only mandated policies for SUNY.
ELIGIBILITY

The eligibility criteria for the membership benefit were broadened to allow for either a completely free membership or a discounted rate, instead of mandating the benefit be free of charge.

SCOPE

The requirement to adopt a policy granting these benefits was extended to include the City University of New York's board of trustees in addition to SUNY's board.

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Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7784A
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
May 6, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

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