S557 • 2025

Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month"

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Sponsor: Liz Krueger
Last action: 2026-05-04
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month"

Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month" Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

What This Bill Does

Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month" Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

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Bill History

2026-05-04 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-05-04 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-04 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
2026-01-27 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-01-21 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-01-20 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.112
2026-01-07 Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Assembly
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE
2025-05-05 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2025-05-05 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-05-05 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
2025-01-27 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-01-22 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-01-21 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.110
2025-01-08 Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE

Official Summary Text

Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month"
Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

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

                                           557

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, BROUK, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING, WEBB
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Finance

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating the month
          of May as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month

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

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 168-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 168-B. DESIGNATION OF MONTHS OF COMMEMORATION. 1. A MONTH OF COMMEM-
     4  ORATION IS A CALENDAR MONTH SO DESIGNATED BY THIS SECTION OR A  CALENDAR
     5  MONTH IN ANY ONE YEAR SO DESIGNATED BY A PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR OR
     6  RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY JOINTLY ADOPTED.
     7    2. A MONTH OF COMMEMORATION SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A HOLIDAY OR HALF-HO-
     8  LIDAY BUT SHALL BE A MONTH SET ASIDE IN RECOGNITION AND SPECIAL HONOR OF
     9  A PERSON, PERSONS, GROUP, IDEAL OR GOAL.
    10    3. THE FOLLOWING MONTH SHALL BE A MONTH OF COMMEMORATION IN EACH YEAR:
    11  MAY, TO BE KNOWN AS "MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH".
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01733-01-5