Bill Text: NY S01290 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-02-14 - referred to governmental operations [S01290 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01290-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1290

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. HINCHEY, ADDABBO, HARCKHAM, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, WEIK
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Investigations 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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