Bill > S00044

This bill authorizes the commissioner of the Office of General Services to request the Flag Design Committee of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) to create a new design for the New York state flag. Currently, the state flag is blue and features the state's coat of arms, which includes a detailed landscape with mountains, a river with ships, and symbolic figures representing Liberty and Justice. The bill would remove the existing flag description from the state law and direct a professional vexillological (flag design) organization to develop a new flag design. By involving NAVA, which is an organization dedicated to the study and design of flags, the bill aims to create a potentially more modern, distinctive, or representative flag for New York state. The new flag design would take effect on the first day of January following the bill's passage into law, allowing time for the design process and potential implementation.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S44