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A11426 • 2025

Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname

Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname

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Sponsor
Brian Manktelow
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname

Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Assembly

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname
Designates "The Empire State" as the official state nickname.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11426

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      May 15, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Manktelow)
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to  designating  "The  Empire
          State" as the official state nickname

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new  section  88-a  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 88-A. STATE NICKNAME. "THE EMPIRE STATE" SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL STATE
     4  NICKNAME.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15871-01-6