Bill Text: NY S05148 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-30 - referred to governmental operations [S05148 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05148-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5148 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 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 92 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 92. 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. LBD08397-01-1