S 8785 — Relates to voluntary opportunities for veterans

Congress · introduced 2026-01-08

Requires the department of veterans' services to consult with the office of fire prevention and control and the department of health to identify the most effective ways to provide useful information to veterans about available volunteer opportunities with local volunteer fire departments and emergency services providers.

Latest action: 2026-02-13 — SIGNED_BY_GOV

Action timeline

2026-01-08 · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
2026-01-20 · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.74
2026-01-21 · senate — PASSED SENATE
2026-01-21 · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-01-21 · assembly — REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
2026-01-28 · assembly — SUBSTITUTED FOR A9490
2026-01-28 · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.64
2026-01-28 · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
2026-01-28 · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-02-13 · senate — DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
2026-02-13 · senate — SIGNED CHAP.68

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Inbound (1)

date	from	type	amount	role	source
2026-01-08	Monica Martinez	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	Monica Martinez (—, state_upper NY-4)	sponsor	0	—	5

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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2026-01-08 · sponsored by Monica Martinez (sponsor) · sponsorship

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