S 10666 NY
Designates the Nature Center at Rockland Lake State Park as the "Lauren Shields Nature Center"
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Summary
New York S 10666 dedicates the Nature Center at Rockland Lake State Park in Valley Cottage, Rockland County, to organ donation advocate Lauren Shields. The bill requires the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to install and maintain signage stating "The Nature Center Dedicated to Lauren Shields" and to provide information about organ donation at the facility. The bill specifies that this is a ceremonial dedication and does not change the official name of the nature center.
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Designates the Nature Center at Rockland Lake State Park as the "Lauren Shields Nature Center".
Sponsor (1)
- William Weber Republican · primary
Action history (1)
- Jul 24, 2026 REFERRED TO RULES · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10666 Summary: BILL NO S10666   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR WEBER   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Add §13.32, Pks & Rec L   Designates the Nature Center at Rockland Lake State Park as the "Lauren Shields Nature Center".
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10666
IN SENATE
July 24, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to designating the Nature Center at Rockland Lake State Park as the "Lauren Shields Nature Center"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is 2 amended by adding a new section 13.32 to read as follows: 3 § 13.32 Nature Center to be dedicated to organ donation advocate 4 Lauren Shields. The Nature Center in Rockland Lake State Park in Valley 5 Cottage, county of Rockland, shall be dedicated to organ donation advo- 6 cate Lauren Shields. 7 § 2. The commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation 8 shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing 9 of the Nature Center as dedicated pursuant to section one of this act, 10 and providing information pertaining to organ donation, provided that 11 such signage shall state "The Nature Center Dedicated to Lauren 12 Shields". However, to avoid confusion, the dedication called for pursu- 13 ant to section one of this act shall be one of ceremonial nature and the 14 official name of such nature center shall not be changed as a result of 15 this act. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16203-01-6
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