New York S 9940: Creates a women veterans history trail

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S09940 Summary:

BILL NOS09940 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08061

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §20-a, Veterans' Services L

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Creates a women veterans history trail in order to recognize and celebrate the history of women in service.

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BILL NOS09940 

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04/16/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

05/18/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1758

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A8061

&nbspA08061 AMEND= Bronson

&nbsp04/22/2025referred to veterans' affairs

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to veterans' affairs

&nbsp05/13/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/28/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2026reported 

&nbsp05/29/2026rules report cal.266

&nbsp05/29/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.266

&nbsp05/29/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9940

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1758

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9940

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
 land Security and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to creating a
 women veterans history trail in order to recognize and celebrate the
 history of women in service

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The veterans' services law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 20-a to read as follows:
 3 § 20-a. Women veterans history trail. 1. The department shall develop
 4 and designate a women veterans history trail in consultation with the
 5 director of the New York state military museum and veterans resource
 6 center, the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and historic
 7 preservation, and the state historian.
 8 2. The women veterans history trail shall include, but not be limited
 9 to, museums, memorials, battle sites, historic homes, and any other item
 10 that the commissioner may approve.
 11 3. The commissioner shall issue, on behalf of the department, a public
 12 request for information for any county, city, town, or village desiring
 13 to have any municipality, historic site or institution to be included in
 14 the trail. Individuals and organizations, including but not limited to
 15 local veterans' service agencies or congressional chartered veterans'
 16 service organizations, may provide recommendations for the inclusion of
 17 the trail.
 18 4. The department shall develop a method of posting information about
 19 the trail established pursuant to this section publicly, including but
 20 not limited to the department's website, a free mobile application,
 21 press releases, and the digital veterans' welcome kiosks located state-
 22 wide.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 24 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11649-01-5

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