Senate Bill S8108A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York Ireland trade commission

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee


  • 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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2025-S8108 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3776
Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Economic Development
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7083, A8370

2025-S8108 - Summary

Establishes the New York state Ireland trade commission.

2025-S8108 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8108 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8108
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establish-
   ing the New York state Ireland trade commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
 article 10-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 10-A
                  NEW YORK STATE IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION
 SECTION 227. NEW YORK STATE IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION.
   § 227. NEW YORK STATE IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION. 1. (A) THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED THE NEW YORK STATE IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION. THE  COMMISSION
 SHALL CONSIST OF TWENTY-THREE MEMBERS, TO BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
   (I)(1)  FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, TWO  OF  WHOM  SHALL    HAVE  CURRENT  OR  PAST
 INVOLVEMENT  IN  ORGANIZATIONS  THAT PROMOTE IRISH AFFAIRS OR SHALL HAVE
 INTEREST IN THE WELL-BEING OF TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND  THE
 ISLAND  OF  IRELAND, AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE SENATE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY
 THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, BOTH OF WHOM SHALL  HAVE  CURRENT  OR
 PAST  INVOLVEMENT  IN  ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE IRISH AFFAIRS OR SHALL
 HAVE INTEREST IN THE WELL-BEING OF TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND
 THE ISLAND OF IRELAND.
   (2) FOUR MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER  OF
 THE  ASSEMBLY,  TWO  OF  WHOM  SHALL HAVE CURRENT OR PAST INVOLVEMENT IN
 ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE IRISH AFFAIRS OR SHALL HAVE INTEREST  IN  THE
 WELL-BEING  OF  TRADE  RELATIONS  BETWEEN  THE  STATE  AND THE ISLAND OF
 IRELAND; AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE  ASSEMBLY  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, BOTH OF WHOM SHALL HAVE CURRENT OR PAST
 INVOLVEMENT  IN  ORGANIZATIONS  THAT PROMOTE IRISH AFFAIRS OR SHALL HAVE
 INTEREST IN THE WELL-BEING OF TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND  THE
 ISLAND OF IRELAND.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2025-S8108A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3776
Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Economic Development
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7083, A8370

2025-S8108A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state Ireland trade commission.

2025-S8108A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8108A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8108--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment  and  Small  Business  --  committee  discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing the New York Ireland trade commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1. a. There is established in the department of state the
 New York Ireland trade commission, as referred to  in  this  section  as
 "the commission".
   b. The commission shall consist of fifteen members, to be appointed as
 follows:
   (1)  Two  members  of  the  senate shall be appointed by the temporary
 president of the senate, neither of whom shall be members  of  the  same
 political party, who shall serve during the two-year legislative term in
 which the appointments are made;
   (2)  Two  members of the assembly shall be appointed by the speaker of
 the assembly, neither of whom shall be members  of  the  same  political
 party, who shall serve during the two-year legislative term in which the
 appointments are made; and
   (3)  Eleven members of the commission shall be appointed by the gover-
 nor, six of whom shall serve for a term of three years and five of  whom
 shall  serve  for a term of four years, which shall include at least one
 representative from:
   (A) an institution of higher education;
   (B) a chamber of commerce; and
   (C) at least two public members representing Irish  American  communi-
 ties, neither of whom shall be members of the same political party.
   c. All appointments shall be made no later than ninety days after this
 act  becomes  a law. A vacancy in the membership of the commission shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09298-02-5
 S. 8108--A                          2
              

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