Votes: NY A04942 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-25 - signed chap.549 [A04942 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Voting Records

ChamberVoteDateYeaNayNVAbsTotalResultSourceView
SenateSenate Floor Vote - Final Passage2023-06-096300063PassedLinkView
AssemblyAssembly Floor Vote - Final Passage2023-06-09140505150PassedLinkView
AssemblyAssembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules2023-06-083400135PassedLinkView
AssemblyAssembly Rules Committee: Favorable2023-06-082800331PassedLinkView


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