S05169 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05169 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A05780 |
| SPONSOR | MANNION |
| COSPNSR | WEBB |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add 93, State L | |
| Establishes the "Neurodiversity Flag" as the official state flag for raising awareness of neurodiversity. | |
S05169 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5169 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to establishing the state flag for raising awareness of neurodiversity The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 93 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 93. State flag for raising awareness of neurodiversity. The "Neuro- 4 diversity Flag" shall be the official state flag for the raising of 5 awareness of neurodiversity. Such flag shall be developed by the autism 6 spectrum disorders advisory board pursuant to section 13.42 of the 7 mental hygiene law and reviewed and updated as necessary. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07000-01-3