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Jan 19, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jan 12, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 11, 2010 |
1st report cal.3 |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to finance |
Jul 16, 2009 |
committed to rules |
May 26, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
May 20, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
May 19, 2009 |
1st report cal.366 |
Feb 06, 2009 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S1764
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S1764 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §168-a, Exec L
2009-S1764 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1764 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to designation of August seventh as "Family Day", a day of commemoration PURPOSE : To designate August 7th as "Family Day" in New York, in order to draw attention to and therefore emphasize the importance of the family unit. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS Amends sec. 168-a of the Executive Law to add "Family Day" to the existing list of days of commemoration. JUSTIFICATION : There is much interest today in taking the steps necessary to strengthen basic values which have been deteriorating in our society. The family unit has undergone considerable change during the past few decades, as a result ofincreased divorce and the varied Hfe styles that have emerged. To focus on the family in a positive way, and to hold the family unit in high esteem, the designation of "Family Day" could only have positive results in helping to strengthen the value of the family unit. Other states, such as Arizona and Michigan, have established recognition of "Family Day." New York State has the
2009-S1764 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1764 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 6, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designation of August seventh as "Family Day", a day of commemoration THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 61, 90, 330 and 356 of the laws of 2008, 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", 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-ninth, to be known as "Viet- nam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April twenty-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", the first Sunday in June, to be known as "Children's Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "June- teenth Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", AUGUST SEVENTH, TO BE KNOWN AS "FAMILY DAY", August twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", September eleventh, to be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04061-01-9
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