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A03747 Summary:

BILL NO	A03747
SAME AS	SAME AS S04602
SPONSOR	Ortiz
COSPNSR	Quart
MLTSPNSR
Add §837-t, Exec L
Prohibits law enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.

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A03747 Actions:

BILL NO	A03747
01/31/2019	referred to codes
01/08/2020	referred to codes

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A03747 Committee Votes:

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A03747 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3747
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ORTIZ, QUART -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  law
          enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immi-
          gration status of a victim or witness to a criminal offense

          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  837-t
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 837-t.  Prohibitions on law enforcement officers and peace officers.
     4  1.  A  law  enforcement officer or a peace officer may not inquire as to
     5  the immigration status of a victim of or witness to a  criminal  offense
     6  except as necessary to investigate the offense.
     7    2.  For the purposes of this section "law enforcement officer" means a
     8  state or local police officer  and  "peace  officer"  means  any  person
     9  designated  as  a peace officer pursuant to section 2.10 of the criminal
    10  procedure law.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08191-01-9

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