New York S 791: Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve

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S00791 Summary:

BILL NOS00791 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02435

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §29-b, Veterans' Services L (as proposed in S.8119-C & A.8837-C)

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Clarifies certain provisions of the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program.

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BILL NOS00791 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.65

02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A2435

&nbspA02435 AMEND= Cruz

&nbsp01/16/2025referred to veterans' affairs

&nbsp01/22/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/22/2025reported 

&nbsp01/22/2025rules report cal.63

&nbsp01/22/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.63

&nbsp02/03/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/03/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp02/03/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S791

&nbsp02/05/20253RD READING CAL.65

&nbsp02/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.69

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 791

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to the Alex R.
 Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program

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

 1 Section 1. Section 29-b of the veterans' services law, as added by a
 2 chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the veterans' services law, the
 3 military law, and the executive law relating to establishing the Alex R.
 4 Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program, as
 5 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8119-C and A. 8837-C, is renum-
 6 bered section 29-d and is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 29-d. Staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immi-
 8 grant family legacy program. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
 9 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 10 (a) "Uniformed service member" shall mean a member of the army, navy,
 11 air force, space force, marine corps, coast guard, public health service
 12 commissioned corps, or national oceanic and atmospheric administration
 13 commissioned officer corps serving on active duty.
 14 (b) "The program" shall mean the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez mili-
 15 tary immigrant family legacy program.
 16 (c) "Liaison" shall mean an employee of the office for new Americans
 17 designated by the director of the office for new Americans, an employee
 18 of the division of military and naval affairs designated by the adjutant
 19 general, [or] and an employee of the department designated by the
 20 commissioner, to serve as a military immigrant family legacy program
 21 liaison pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
 22 (d) "Veteran" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in
 23 section one of this article and shall also include any veteran with a
 24 qualifying condition, as defined in section one of this article, and has

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02723-01-5

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 1 received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 2 service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of
 3 this article, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 4 dishonorable from such service.
 5 (e) "Intended recipients" shall mean uniformed service members, veter-
 6 ans, reserve component members and their [family members] spouse, domes-
 7 tic partner, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother through
 8 adoption, father through adoption, or children, stepchildren, or adopted
 9 children. The term "intended recipients" shall also include the next-of-
 10 kin of an eligible uniformed service member, veteran or reserve compo-
 11 nent member who died as a result of injury or disease incurred in