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A 4767: Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service.
What A 4767 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to increase civil service credits given to veterans who have recently returned from service. Veterans who were honorably discharged after January 1, 2025, will receive additional points in competitive examinations for both original appointments and promotions. Disabled veterans who were honorably discharged after January 1, 2025, will receive even more points in competitive examinations for both original appointments and promotions. The changes will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to veterans' affairs (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4767
- What is the current status of A 4767?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 4767 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to veterans' affairs".
- Did A 4767 pass?
- Not yet. A 4767 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4767, and where is it now?
- A 4767 was authored by Asm. Karl Brabenec. Its committee of record is Assembly Veterans' Affairs.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to veterans' affairs |
| May. 19, 2025 | held for consideration in veterans' affairs |
| Feb. 06, 2025 | referred to veterans' affairs |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 6, 2025 · 229 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4767 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to increasing civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil 2 service law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 3 and 4 to read 3 as follows: 4 (3) Veterans honorably discharged on or after January first, two thou- 5 sand twenty-five, shall be entitled to receive ten points additional 6 credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and five 7 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion. 8 (4) Disabled veterans honorably discharged on or after January first, 9 two thousand twenty-five, shall be entitled to receive fifteen points 10 additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment 11 and ten points additional credit in a competitive examination for 12 promotion. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04057-01-5
Text of A 4767 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions