Provides that the "Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag" shall be the official state flag for the raising of awareness of veteran suicide; directs the commissioner of general services to establish a protocol for the flying of such flag.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1787
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, ADDABBO, ASHBY, HARCKHAM, HELMING, MARTINS,
MATTERA, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, STEC, WEIK -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to a state flag for raising
awareness of veteran suicide
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 veteran suicide. The
4 "Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag" shall be the official state
5 flag for the raising of awareness of veteran suicide. The commissioner
6 of general services shall establish a protocol for the flying of such
7 flag.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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