Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A8385

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to law licensure of noncitizens

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2013-A8385 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง90-a, Judy L

2013-A8385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to law licensure of noncitizens.

2013-A8385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8385

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the law  licensure  of
  noncitizens

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

  Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new  section  90-a
to read as follows:
  S 90-A. LICENSURE. 1. UPON PASSING THE BAR EXAMINATION, A PERSON SHALL
BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  OBTAIN  A  LAW LICENSE, REGARDLESS OF HIS OR HER IMMI-
GRATION STATUS, AS LONG AS HE OR SHE IS AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE UNITED
STATES. SUCH ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS  SHALL  INCLUDE  THOSE  WITH  DEFERRED
ACTION CITIZENSHIP STATUS.
  2.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO IMPEDE, INFRINGE OR
DIMINISH FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS RELATING TO LABOR AND/OR EMPLOYMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD13356-02-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.