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A11348 Summary:

BILL NO	A11348
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Rules (Ortiz)
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §6-n, Bank L
Relates to preventing banks from asking account holders for proof of citizenship and using citizenship as a reason for freezing a bank account.

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A11348 Actions:

BILL NO	A11348
09/19/2018	referred to banks

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A11348 Committee Votes:

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A11348 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11348
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                   September 19, 2018
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ortiz) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Banks
 
        AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to  preventing  banks  from
          asking account holders for proof of citizenship
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new section  6-n  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  6-n.  Proof of citizenship; account freeze. 1. For purposes of this
     4  section, "account holder" shall mean any individual whose  name  appears
     5  on a bank account.
     6    2.  No  banking  organization  shall  inquire into an account holder's
     7  citizenship or ask for proof of citizenship from such account holder.
     8    3. No banking organization shall freeze a bank  account  because  such
     9  account holder failed to provide proof of citizenship.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16527-01-8

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