S 616 NY
Relates to designating the month of May "Korean American Family Month"
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Summary
This bill amends New York's Executive Law to designate the month of May as "Korean American Family Month" each year. The designation is a month of commemoration, not a holiday or half-holiday, and is meant to recognize and specially honor Korean American families. The bill takes effect on January 1st of the year following its enactment.
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Relates to designating the month of May as "Korean American Family Month".
Sponsor (1)
- Toby Ann Stavisky Democratic · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
- Lea Webb Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Jan 8, 2025 REFERRED TO FINANCE · upper
- Jan 21, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.111 · upper
- Jan 22, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Jan 27, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 5, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 5, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 5, 2025 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO FINANCE · upper
- Jan 20, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.113 · upper
- Jan 21, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Jan 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 4, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 4, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 4, 2026 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S00616 Summary: BILL NO S00616   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR STAVISKY   COSPNSR WEBB   MLTSPNSR   Add §168-b, Exec L   Relates to designating the month of May as "Korean American Family Month".
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
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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