New York S 616: Relates to designating the month of May "Korean American Family Month"

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S00616 Summary:

BILL NOS00616 

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRWEBB

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Add §168-b, Exec L

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Relates to designating the month of May as "Korean American Family Month".

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/21/20251ST REPORT CAL.111

01/22/20252ND REPORT CAL.

01/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/05/2025PASSED SENATE

05/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/05/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.113

01/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/04/2026PASSED SENATE

05/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/04/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 616

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 designating the month
 of May as Korean American Family Month

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 168-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 168-b. Designation of months of commemoration. 1. A month of commem-
 4 oration is a calendar month so designated by this section or a calendar
 5 month in any one year so designated by a proclamation of the governor or
 6 resolution of the senate and assembly jointly adopted.
 7 2. A month of commemoration shall not constitute a holiday or half-ho-
 8 liday but shall be a month set aside in recognition and special honor of
 9 a person, persons, group, ideal or goal.
 10 3. The following month shall be a month of commemoration in each year:
 11 May, to be known as "Korean American Family Month".
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 13 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01550-01-5

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