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A 5398: Designates October fifteenth of each year as "Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day".

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 5398 does, verified January 8, 2026

The state of New York has established a list of days of commemoration to honor various individuals and events. These days include: January 6th as Haym Salomon Day, January 17th as Holocaust Remembrance Day, February 4th as Rosa Parks Day, February 15th as Susan B. Anthony Day, February 16th as Lithuanian Independence Day, February 28th as Gulf War Veterans' Day, March 4th as Pulaski Day, March 8th as International Women's Day, March 10th as Harriet Tubman Day, March 29th as Vietnam Veterans' Day, April 9th as POW Recognition Day, April 20th as Coretta Scott King Day, April 8th as Workers' Memorial Day, the first Tuesday in May as New York State Teacher Day, May 17th as Thurgood Marshall Day, the first Sunday in June as Children's Day, June 2nd as Italian Independence Day, June 12th as Women Veterans Recognition Day, June 19th as Juneteenth Freedom Day, June 5th as Korean War Veterans' D…

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Quick answers about A 5398
What is the current status of A 5398?
As of January 8, 2026, A 5398 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
Did A 5398 pass?
Not yet. A 5398 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 5398, and where is it now?
A 5398 was authored by Asm. Steven Raga with 10 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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Coauthors
John McDonaldPatrick ChludzinskiDavid WeprinScott GrayNader SayeghMaryJane ShimskyKaren McMahonCarrie WoernerJoe SempolinskiEmily Gallagher
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to governmental operations
Feb. 13, 2025referred to governmental operations
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 716 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5398 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing October fifteenth as a day of commemoration to be known as "Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as 2 amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year: 5 January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-sev- 6 enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be 7 known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B. 8 Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independ- 9 ence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans' 10 Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March eighth, to be 11 known as "International Women's Day", March tenth, to be known as 12 "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam Veter- 13 ans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April 14 twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April twenty- 15 eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday in May 16 to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to be 17 known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known 18 as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence 19 Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", 20 June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty- 21 fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the second Monday in 22 July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August twenty- 23 fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty- 24 sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05446-01-5 

 A. 5398 2 1 known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September 2 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry 3 Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York", 4 September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben 5 Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New York 6 State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration 7 cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances shall 8 then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday 9 in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of 10 September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September, 11 to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as 12 "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland 13 Day in the State of New York", October fifteenth, to be known as 14 "Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disabili- 15 ties History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore 16 Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance 17 Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the 18 third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related 19 Professionals Recognition Day", November twenty-sixth, to be known as 20 "Sojourner Truth Day", November thirtieth, to be known as "Shirley 21 Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International Day of 22 Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as "Pearl 23 Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that 24 day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be known as 25 "Asian New Year". 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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