Assembly Bill A1140

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to creating the women veterans advisory committee

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A1140 - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §361-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7734

2021-A1140 - Summary

Relates to creating the women veterans advisory committee to support and assist the Division of Veterans' Services in locating, educating, and advocating for all women veterans in this state.

2021-A1140 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1140
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  creating  the  women
   veterans advisory committee
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Legislative findings. Women  make  up  15  percent  of  the
 veterans  of the armed forces of the United States and continue to be an
 increasingly integral part of the operations of the armed forces of  the
 United  States  around  the  world.  Few  studies have been conducted to
 determine and understand the unique challenges that women  veterans  may
 have,  both  post  deployment and following separation from active duty.
 Many veterans who are women do not self-identify as  veterans  and  may,
 therefore,  fail  to  consider  various  programs  and benefits that are
 available to them as a result of their military service.
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  361-c  to
 read as follows:
   §  361-C.  WOMEN  VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.   1. THE WOMEN VETERANS
 ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS HEREBY CREATED CONSISTING OF  FIVE  MEMBERS,  WITH
 ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:  (A) THE GOVERNOR; (B)
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE; (C) THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY;
 (D)  THE  MINORITY  LEADER OF THE SENATE; AND (E) THE MINORITY LEADER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY.  ALL APPOINTED MEMBERS MUST BE WOMEN, AND MUST  BE  FORMER
 MEMBERS  OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
 LIMITATION, THE NEW YORK ARMY  NATIONAL  GUARD  AND  THE  NEW  YORK  AIR
 NATIONAL  GUARD, WHO RECEIVED, UPON SEVERANCE FROM SERVICE, AN HONORABLE
 DISCHARGE, OR OTHER DISCHARGE UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, A GENERAL DISCHARGE.
   2. IN MAKING APPOINTMENTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE CONSIDERED:
   (A) THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A1140A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §361-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7734

2021-A1140A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating the women veterans advisory committee to support and assist the Division of Veterans' Services in locating, educating, and advocating for all women veterans in this state.

2021-A1140A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1140--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on  Veterans'  Affairs  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to creating the women
   veterans advisory committee

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  Women  make  up 15 percent of the
 veterans of the armed forces of the United States and continue to be  an
 increasingly  integral part of the operations of the armed forces of the
 United States around the world.  Few  studies  have  been  conducted  to
 determine  and  understand the unique challenges that women veterans may
 have, both post deployment and following separation  from  active  duty.
 Many  veterans  who  are women do not self-identify as veterans and may,
 therefore, fail to consider  various  programs  and  benefits  that  are
 available to them as a result of their military service.
   §  2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 361-b of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 480 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (c)  liaison  between  the  division,  the United States department of
 veterans affairs center for women veterans, the United States department
 of veterans affairs advisory committee on women veterans, state veterans
 nursing homes, state agencies, community groups, WOMEN VETERANS ADVISORY
 COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE,
 advocates and other veterans and military organizations  and  interested
 parties;
   §  3.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 361-c to
 read as follows:
   § 361-C. WOMEN VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.   1.  THE  WOMEN  VETERANS
 ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  IS HEREBY CREATED CONSISTING OF EIGHT MEMBERS, WITH
 MEMBERS APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:  (A) TWO MEMBERS BY THE GOVERNOR; (B)  TWO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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