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NY S05919

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Alexis Weik

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes municipal corporations, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments, and school districts to sell or display "symbols of hope" and tangible property inscribed with such images

  • Defines "symbols of hope" to include thin colored lines representing various public service professions: blue (law enforcement), red (fire service), gray (corrections officers), white (emergency medical professionals), purple (security professionals), yellow (dispatchers), and green (military, border patrol, and conservation officers)

  • Amends the General Municipal Law by adding two new sections (99-aa and 209-ggg) and the Education Law by adding section 1527-b to establish this authority

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Permits municipal corporations, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments and school districts to sell and display symbols of hope in support of law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, the military, border patrol, firefighters, conservation officers and others.

Last Action

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Local Government3/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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