NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7267
SPONSOR: Cruz
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to designating March
twenty-first as "Down Syndrome Awareness Day"
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2020, 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-first, to be known as "Down
1Syndrome_Awareness_pay", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam
iVeterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day",
April ltwenty-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", the first-Sunday in June, to be
known as "Children's Day", June second,. to be known as "Italian Inde-
pendence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition
Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June
twenty-fifth, to be known as. "Korean War Veterans' Day", t he second.
Monday in July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August
twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twen-
ty-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 "Septem-
ber 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John
Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New
York", September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von
Steuben Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New
York State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration
cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances shall
then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday
in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of
September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September,
to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as
"Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland
Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disa-
bilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore
Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance
Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the
third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related
Professionals Recognition Day",'November thirtieth, to be known as
"Shirley Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International
Day of Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as"
Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne. Day"
ana that day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be
known as "Asian New Year".
 
JUSTIFICATION:
World Down Syndrome Day is typically celebrated on March 21 (3/21) to
signify the triplication (trisomy) of the 21 chromosomes which causes
Downs Syndrome. This important Day should be recognized in the State of
New York to further raise public awareness and for the advocacy for the
rights and well being of people with Downs syndrome.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.10598 of 2022; referred to governmental operations.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7267
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 16, 2023
___________
Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, DeSTEFANO, E. BROWN, K. BROWN, BENDETT,
PIROZZOLO, JENSEN, FLOOD, MCGOWAN, MANKTELOW, MIKULIN, LEMONDES,
BYRNES, J. M. GIGLIO, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating March
twenty-first as "Down Syndrome Awareness Day"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year:
5 January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-sev-
6 enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be
7 known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B.
8 Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independ-
9 ence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans'
10 Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March tenth, to be
11 known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-first, to be known as "Down
12 Syndrome Awareness Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam
13 Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April
14 twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April twenty-
15 eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday in May
16 to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to be
17 known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known
18 as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence
19 Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day",
20 June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-
21 fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the second Monday in
22 July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August twenty-
23 fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be
2 known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September
3 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry
4 Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York",
5 September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
6 Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New York
7 State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration
8 cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances shall
9 then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday
10 in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of
11 September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September,
12 to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as
13 "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland
14 Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disa-
15 bilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore
16 Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance
17 Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the
18 third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related
19 Professionals Recognition Day", November thirtieth, to be known as
20 "Shirley Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International
21 Day of Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as
22 "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day"
23 and that day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be
24 known as "Asian New Year".
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.