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A07267 Summary:

BILL NOA07267
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02241
 
SPONSORCruz
 
COSPNSRDeStefano, Brown E, Brown K, Bendett, Pirozzolo, Jensen, Flood, McGowan, Manktelow, Mikulin, Lemondes, Byrnes, Giglio JM, Hawley, Reyes, Shimsky, Gunther, Stern, McMahon, Lee, Buttenschon, Aubry, Lucas, Sillitti, Hevesi, Epstein, Clark, Solages, Lunsford, Rivera, Burke, Jackson, Rajkumar, Zaccaro, Novakhov, Morinello, Tague, Durso, Gonzalez-Rojas, Sayegh, Angelino, Simone, Zinerman, Cunningham, Raga, Simon, Lavine, Weprin, Walsh, Taylor, Williams, Davila, Seawright, Thiele
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 168-a, Exec L
 
Designates March twenty-first as a day of commemoration to be known as "Down Syndrome Awareness Day".
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A07267 Actions:

BILL NOA07267
 
05/16/2023referred to governmental operations
01/03/2024referred to governmental operations
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A07267 Memo:

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.
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A07267 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          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.
                                                                   LBD00368-01-3

        A. 7267                             2
 
     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.
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