Relates to establishing status as a New York state citizen or possession of a federal immigration card shall constitute no cause for refusing any person examination admission to practice law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1403
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, BICHOTTE, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, D'URSO --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CRESPO, HYNDMAN -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing status as
a New York state citizen or possession of a federal immigration card
shall constitute no cause for refusing any person examination or
admission to practice law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 460 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 226
2 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 460. Examination and admission of attorneys. An applicant for admis-
4 sion to practice as an attorney or counsellor in this state, must be
5 examined and licensed to practice as prescribed in this chapter and in
6 the rules of the court of appeals. Race, creed, color, national origin,
7 alienage, status as a New York state citizen or federal immigration card
8 holder, or sex shall constitute no cause for refusing any person exam-
9 ination or admission to practice.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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