---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the issuance of a New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal"
description: "Relates to the issuance of a New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 119"
citation: "New York A 119 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb9f1d2-54ac-48d1-8cd0-cac55caa996b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A119"
source_hash: "3e70f3c92dfd9adcd19b2a6dd26095970b764b93b0a0bd023bf269ba53a43b9a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 119 (2023-2024) — Relates to the issuance of a New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal

Relates to the issuance of a New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A119&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A119A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A119A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Magnarelli — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jenifer Rajkumar — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** PRINT NUMBER 119A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** REPORTED
- **2023-05-30** RULES REPORT CAL.314
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.314
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5394A
- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1805
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-10** SIGNED CHAP.609 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb9f1d2-54ac-48d1-8cd0-cac55caa996b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).