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S00589 Summary:

BILL NO	S00589
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	PERALTA
COSPNSR	HAMILTON
MLTSPNSR
Add §51-a, Civ Rts L
Prohibits state and local agencies from inquiring as to the immigration status of any person.

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S00589 Actions:

BILL NO	S00589
01/04/2017	REFERRED TO CODES
01/03/2018	REFERRED TO CODES

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S00589 Committee Votes:

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S00589 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           589
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 4, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to the confidentiality
          of immigration status

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
     2  51-a to read as follows:
     3    § 51-a. Confidentiality of immigration status. No agency of the  state
     4  or  of  any  political  subdivision or public authority thereof, nor any
     5  officer, employee or agent thereof, shall inquire as to  or  record  the
     6  immigration  status  of any person who seeks any form of assistance from
     7  the agency or reports any occurrence to the agency.  The  provisions  of
     8  this  section shall not apply to any person charged with or convicted of
     9  a crime.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00063-01-7

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