Bill Text: NY S08929 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as the official state flag for recognizing armed service members who have died as a result of serving the United States in any war or conflict the nation has been involved in since its inception.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-05-28 - referred to governmental operations [S08929 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08929-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8929 IN SENATE March 28, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SCARCELLA-SPANTON, GRIFFO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating the "Honor and Remember Flag" as the official state flag for recognizing armed services members 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 recognizing armed services members. The "Honor 4 and Remember Flag" shall be the official state flag for recognizing all 5 armed services members who have died as a result of serving the United 6 States in any war or conflict the nation have been involved in since its 7 inception. The commissioner of general services shall establish a proto- 8 col for the flying of such flag. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07289-01-3
