| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2012 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to finance |
| May 03, 2011 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S5301
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
Actions
2011-S5301 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S5301 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5301
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the executive law, in relation to designating Malcolm X Day,
May nineteenth, as a day of commemoration
PURPOSE:
To designate May 19th, to be known as Malcolm X Day, as a day
of commemoration.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of
the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 31, 72, 180 and
199 of the laws of 2010, is amended by adding May nineteenth, to be
known as Malcolm X Day.
JUSTIFICATION:
Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and
most influential African Americans in history. He is credited with
raising the self-esteem of black Americans as well as reconnecting
them with their African heritage. As the founder of the Muslim
Mosque, Inc. Malcolm X is largely credited for the spread of Islam
faith in the black community within the United States.
Malcolm X's influence on America was not limited to the civil rights
2011-S5301 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5301
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 3, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. BALL -- 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 Malcolm X
Day, May nineteenth, as a day of commemoration
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, 72, 180 and 199 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", MAY NINETEENTH, TO BE KNOWN AS
"MALCOLM X DAY", the first Sunday in June, to be known as "Children's
Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence Day", June
twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nine-
teenth, 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08929-01-1
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