S 1288: Commemorates the second Saturday in February to be known as "International Snowmobile Ride Day".
The bill proposes to add new days of commemoration to the calendar in New York State. These days include recognizing important historical figures, events, and causes, such as Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, and Juneteenth Freedom Day. The bill also establishes days to honor veterans, including Gulf War Veterans' Day and Korean War Veterans' Day. Additionally, it recognizes important dates in the state's history, such as the Battle of Plattsburgh and the Asian New Year. The bill also includes days to promote diversity and inclusivity, like International Women's Day and International Snowmobile Ride Day. The bill takes effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
| Jan. 09, 2025 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1288 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 "International Snowmo- bile Ride 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", the second Saturday in February to be known 8 as "International Snowmobile Ride Day", February fifteenth, to be known 9 as "Susan B. Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuani- 10 an Independence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War 11 Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March 12 eighth, to be known as "International Women's Day", March tenth, to be 13 known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Viet- 14 nam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", 15 April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April 16 twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday 17 in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to 18 be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be 19 known as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Inde- 20 pendence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition 21 Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June 22 twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the second 23 Monday in July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August 24 twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twen- 25 ty-sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04137-01-5S. 1288 2 1 be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "Septem- 2 ber 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John 3 Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New 4 York", September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von 5 Steuben Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New 6 York 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 eighteenth, to be known as "Disa- 14 bilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore 15 Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance 16 Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the 17 third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related 18 Professionals Recognition Day", November twenty-sixth, to be known as 19 "Sojourner Truth Day", November thirtieth, to be known as "Shirley 20 Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International Day of 21 Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as "Pearl 22 Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that 23 day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be known as 24 "Asian New Year". 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.