STATE OF NEW YORK
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11596
IN ASSEMBLY
June 5, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Romero) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to adding libraries to
the list of sensitive locations for immigration enforcement purposes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (xii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
2 section 29 of the civil rights law is renumbered subparagraph (xiii),
3 subparagraph (xi) of such paragraph, as added by section 2 of subpart E
4 of part LL of chapter 55 of the laws of 2026, is amended and a new
5 subparagraph (xii) is added to read as follows:
6 (xi) park, playground, athletic field, or recreation center; [or]
7 (xii) library; or
8 § 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
9 section, or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent
10 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or
11 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
12 to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or part there-
13 of directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall
14 have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legis-
15 lature that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid
16 provisions had not been included herein.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16060-01-6
