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Senate Bill S8186

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to adding disability to the equal protection requirement

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2017-S8186 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9546
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 1 §11, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1727
2021-2022: S1905
2023-2024: S2759

2017-S8186 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adding disability to the equal protection requirement.

2017-S8186 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8186
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of  the  constitution,
   in relation to adding disability to the equal protection requirement
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of arti-
 cle 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  11.  No  person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of
 this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race,
 color, creed [or], religion OR DISABILITY, be subjected to any discrimi-
 nation in his or her civil rights by any other person or  by  any  firm,
 corporation,  or  institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivi-
 sion of the state.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing  amendments
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
 conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89114-01-7

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