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Senate Bill S7300

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a "Campaign Medal for Service" to be awarded to those who have provided military service in Iraq

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2025-S7300 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3394
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §247, Mil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6593
2011-2012: A6012
2013-2014: A6479
2015-2016: A3652
2017-2018: S7575, A4678
2019-2020: S1232, A5353
2021-2022: S1707, A9930
2023-2024: S190, A6325

2025-S7300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the "Campaign Medal for Service" to be awarded to those who have provided military service in Iraq.

2025-S7300 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7300
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the military law,  in  relation  to  providing  for  the
   "Campaign Medal for Service" to be granted to those who provided mili-
   tary service in Iraq

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 247 of the military law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 1-g to read as follows:
   1-G. THE GOVERNOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PRESENT IN THE NAME  OF  THE
 LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, A MILITARY DECORATION, TO BE KNOWN
 AS  THE  "CAMPAIGN  MEDAL  FOR SERVICE", BEARING A SUITABLE INSCRIPTION,
 DEVICE, AND RIBBON, ALL OF WHICH SHALL BE OF  SUITABLE  DESIGN,  TO  ANY
 PERSON  (I)  WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR (II) WHO WAS A
 CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHILE SERVING IN THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF
 THE  UNITED  STATES,  AND  WHO, WHILE SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED
 FORCES, DEFINED AS ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, OR COAST  GUARD,
 SERVED  IN  ACTIVE  DUTY  IN  IRAQ. NOT MORE THAN ONE CAMPAIGN MEDAL FOR
 SERVICE SHALL BE ISSUED TO ANY ONE PERSON; NOR  SHALL  ANY  CITATION  BE
 AWARDED  OR  PRESENTED, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, TO ANY
 PERSON WHOSE ENTIRE SERVICE SUBSEQUENT TO THE TIME  OF  THE  RECEIPT  OF
 SUCH  MEDAL  SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN HONORABLE. FOR EACH SUCCEEDING MEDAL AS
 PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO WEAR, AS  THE
 CHIEF  OF STAFF OF THE STATE MAY DIRECT, A RIBBON WHOSE COLOR AND DESIGN
 SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.  IN THE EVENT  OF
 THE  DEATH  OF  ANY  PERSON  DURING OR SUBSEQUENT TO THE RECEIPT OF SUCH
 CITATION THE CAMPAIGN MEDAL FOR  SERVICE  SHALL  BE  PRESENTED  TO  SUCH
 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED AS MAY BE DESIGNATED.  THE CHIEF OF STAFF
 SHALL MAKE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE
 PROPER PRESENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH DECORATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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