Assembly Actions -
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May 30, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S8300
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts Committee
- 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
2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Procurement And Contracts
- Law Section:
- General Services, Commissioner of
2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial" in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza to memorialize victims of the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights for all people.
2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8300 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to directing the commissioner of the office of gener- al services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state Afri- can slavery and freedom memorial" PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Directs the commissioner of the office of general services to erect a monument to be known as the New York state African slavery and freedom Memorial. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: The commissioner of the office of general services is hereby authorized and directed to erect a suitably marked monument in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, in the city of Alba- ny, county of Albany, dedicated to the memory of those victims of the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or
2025-S8300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8300 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of the office of gener- al services to erect a monument to be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The commissioner of the office of general services is here- by authorized and directed to erect a suitably marked monument in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, in the city of Alba- ny, county of Albany, dedicated to the memory of those victims of the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, the Black Holocaust, or the enslavement of Black people and to celebrate the universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights for all people. Such monument shall be known as the "New York state African slavery and freedom memorial" and shall be designed to memorialize the Black victims of slavery in New York state and to educate the public about the history of slavery, racism and other harms against Black people in New York state and the universal values of freedom, democracy, and human rights for all. § 2. The commissioner of the office of general services shall solicit from organizations proposals and suggestions for the design, programming and location of such monument to be erected pursuant to section one of this act. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13289-01-5
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