What's happening
This bill designates July 16 each year as "Atomic Veterans' Day" in New York State to honor atomic veterans.
Why it matters
Recognizes the unique sacrifices of "atomic veterans". military personnel involved in nuclear weapons testing or operations—by giving them an official day of honor, raising public awareness of their service and the health risks they faced.
Encourages educational and commemorative activities on July 16th. , which can help inform the public about the legacy of nuclear testing, its impact on veterans, and broader issues related to nuclear policy and history.
Places "Atomic Veterans' Day" alongside other notable commemorative days in New York. , symbolically affirming the state's commitment to honoring diverse groups of veterans and historically significant contributions.
May enhance advocacy for atomic veterans. by increasing visibility of their issues, potentially supporting efforts for medical assistance, compensation, or policy changes at both the state and federal level.
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Who cares
Atomic veterans
The bill would recognize them by establishing July 16 each year as “Atomic Veterans' Day” in New York.
Veterans' organizations
The bill would add an annual state commemoration focused on atomic veterans alongside existing veterans' recognition days.
New York State officials
The bill would add July 16 to the Executive Law's list of annual days of commemoration, taking effect immediately.
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Create Atomic Veterans' Day
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Create Atomic Veterans' Day
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Terrence P. Murphy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10594
IN ASSEMBLY
May 8, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing July sixteenth of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Atomic Veterans' Day"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year: January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-seventh, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B. Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March tenth, to be known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", July sixteenth, to be known as "Atomic Veterans' Day", August twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York", September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Memorial Day", the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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third Friday in September to be known as "New York State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances shall then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September, to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disabilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related Professionals Recognition Day", November thirtieth, to be known as "Shirley Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International Day of Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be known as "Asian New Year".
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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