Bill Text: NY S01787 | 2025-2026 | 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: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S01787 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S01787-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1787 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, ADDABBO, ASHBY, HARCKHAM, HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, STEC, WEIK -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government 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 93 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 93. 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. LBD05451-01-5
