S1116 Designates April Twentieth New York State Constitution Day

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S1116

2025-2026 Legislative Session Designates April twentieth as a day of commemoration to be known as New York state constitution day

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Andrew Gounardes

(D) 26th Senate District

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Law Section: Executive Law Laws Affected: Amd §168-a, Exec L Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions: 2021-2022: S6193
2023-2024: S280

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Designates April twentieth as a day of commemoration to be known as New York State Constitution Day.

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BILL NUMBER: S1116

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to designating April
twentieth as a day of commemoration to be known as "New York State
Constitution Day"

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To designate April Twentieth as a day of commemoration to be known as
"New York State Constitution Day" in the State of New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends Subdivision 3 of Section 168-a of the Executive Law,
as amended by Chapter 542 of the Laws of 2024, to include the twentieth
day of April, designated "New York State Constitution Day"

Section 2: Sets the effective date
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

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1116

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

I N S E N A T E

January 8, 2025

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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating April
twentieth as a day of commemoration to be known as "New York State
Constitution Day"

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
amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2024, 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", January twenty-sev-
enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance 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 eighth, to be
known as "International Women's Day", March tenth, to be known as
"Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam Veter-
ans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", APRIL
TWENTIETH, TO BE KNOWN AS "NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION DAY", April twen-
ty-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", May seventeenth, to be
known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known
as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence
Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day",
June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-
fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the second Monday in
July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August twenty-
fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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