Senate Bill S5048

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the elimination of the use of the term "oriental" in documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities when referring to persons of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7698 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7698
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง170-b, Exec L

2009-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the elimination of the use of the term "oriental" in documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities when referring to persons of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage.

2009-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5048

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  C. JOHNSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to eliminating the use of
  the term "oriental" in documents utilized by  state  agencies,  public
  authorities  and  municipalities when referring to persons of Asian or
  Pacific Islander heritage

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-b
to read as follows:
  S 170-B. RACIAL REFERENCES CONTAINED IN STATE AND MUNICIPAL FORMS.  NO
FORM OR PREPRINTED DOCUMENT UTILIZED BY A STATE AGENCY OR PUBLIC AUTHOR-
ITY  OR  BY  A MUNICIPALITY SHALL USE THE TERM "ORIENTAL" TO IDENTIFY OR
DENOTE PERSONS OF ASIAN  OR  PACIFIC  ISLANDER  HERITAGE.  ANY  FORM  OR
PREPRINTED  DOCUMENT  UTILIZING SUCH TERM SHALL BE AMENDED NO LATER THAN
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN TO REPLACE THE TERM "ORIENTAL" WITH  THE
TERM  "ASIAN"  OR  TO OTHERWISE REFER TO SUCH PERSONS AS BEING ASIAN AND
PACIFIC ISLANDER PERSONS HAVING ORIGINS IN ANY OF  THE  FAR  EAST  COUN-
TRIES, SOUTH EAST ASIA, THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT OR THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11110-01-9

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