What's happening
This bill designates March 13th as "K9 Veterans Day" in New York State to honor military and service dogs.
Why it matters
Highlights the significant contributions of military and service dogs. by giving them a formal day of recognition, which may help raise public awareness about the important roles these animals play in public safety, military, law enforcement, and rescue operations.
Strengthens advocacy for animal welfare and veterans’ issues. , potentially encouraging more support for programs that assist retired service dogs, such as adoption initiatives, medical care, and training.
Encourages educational activities and community engagement. , as an official day of commemoration often leads to events, school programs, and media coverage focused on the history and value of K9 units, fostering greater respect and understanding.
Symbolically aligns the recognition of animal service with other important days of remembrance in New York. , reinforcing the message that the contributions and sacrifices of service animals are valued alongside human veterans and heroes.
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Who cares
Military dog handlers
The bill would establish March 13 as an annual day of commemoration called “K9 Veterans Day.”
Veterans’ organizations
The bill would add K9 Veterans Day to the state’s list of commemorations, alongside existing veterans’ recognition days.
Military working dog advocates
The designation would provide state recognition through a commemorative day, without creating benefits or funding.
Headline styles
Honor K9 Veterans Day
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 111
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History
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1352
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing March thirteenth as a day of commemoration to be known as "K9 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 thirteenth, to be known as "K9 Veterans Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April twentyseventh, 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", 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
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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 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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