Senate Bill S7150

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the Women's rights history trail

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7150 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 42 §§42.01 - 42.05, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5035
2013-2014: S3506
2015-2016: S3654
2017-2018: S2807
2019-2020: S4997
2021-2022: S5471

2023-S7150 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the Women's rights history trail; includes in such trail a series of properties and sites linked by geographic proximity and association with women's rights for the purpose of promoting education and awareness.

2023-S7150 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7150 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7150
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation to creating the "Women's rights history trail" program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The parks, recreation  and  historic  preservation  law  is
 amended by adding a new article 42 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 42
                   WOMEN'S RIGHTS HISTORY TRAIL PROGRAM
 SECTION 42.01 LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
         42.03 DEFINITIONS.
         42.05 GENERAL FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 42.01 LEGISLATIVE   INTENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  RECOGNIZES  THAT  THE
 WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS ONE OF THE THREE GREAT PROTEST TRADITIONS  IN
 UNITED  STATES HISTORY, SHARING THAT STATUS WITH THE STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL
 EQUALITY AND THE LABOR MOVEMENTS.
   THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER RECOGNIZES THAT THE  WOMEN'S  RIGHTS  MOVEMENT
 HAS  A  STRONG  TRADITION  IN THE STATE.   IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THE
 STATE WAS AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS  MOVEMENT.  ON  JULY
 19,  1848, A GROUP OF ACTIVISTS INCLUDING ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, LUCRE-
 TIA MOTT AND MARY ANN M'CLINTOCK,  CONVENED  THE  FIRST  WOMEN'S  RIGHTS
 CONVENTION AT WESLEYAN CHAPEL IN SENECA FALLS. DURING THE CONVENTION, 68
 WOMEN  AND  32  MEN  SIGNED  THE DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS CALLING FOR A
 BROAD ARRAY OF RIGHTS FOR WOMEN, INCLUDING SUFFRAGE.  IN 1868, SUSAN  B.
 ANTHONY  HELPED TO FOUND THE AMERICAN EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION. IN 1890,
 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP OF ELIZABETH CADY  STANTON,  THE
 NATIONAL  AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION (NAWSA) WAS FORMED.  NAWSA
 WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN  SECURING  PASSAGE  OF  THE  19TH  AMENDMENT,  WHICH
 AMENDED  THE  CONSTITUTION  TO  GIVE  WOMEN  THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THE 19TH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08001-01-3
              

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