Assembly Actions -
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Jun 10, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 09, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 08, 2010 |
1st report cal.803 |
May 24, 2010 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S7931
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2009-S7931 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10853
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §168-a, Exec L
2009-S7931 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7931 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to designating October eighteenth as Disabilities History Day PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would honor the struggles and accomplishments of people with disabilities by commemorating October 18 as Disability History Day. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter 241 of the laws of 2009, is amended by adding October 18 as Disability History Day. JUSTIFICATION : It is important that we understand history in order to appreciate how individuals with disabilities were once viewed and treated. On Disability History Day, schools, churches, community groups, and advocates alike will be provided the opportunity to learn how people with disabilities were instrumental in changing history, and how they
2009-S7931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7931 I N S E N A T E May 24, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STACHOWSKI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating October eighteenth as Disabilities History Day THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 31 and 72 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year: January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-sev- enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B. Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independ- ence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March tenth, to be known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Viet- nam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known as "Children's Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", August twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York", September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New York State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such obser- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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