Senate Bill S1215

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "New York is home act" to establish New York state citizenship, regardless of immigration status, and providing certain rights and benefits to persons with such citizenship; repealer

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  • 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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2017-S1215 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 14-A §§275 - 275-f, §§243-a & 223-a, amd §§296, 296-a & 296-b, Exec L; amd §5-102, El L; amd §§3 & 89, Pub Off L; amd §5, Tax L; amd §3-503, Gen Ob L; rpld §661 sub 3, amd Ed L, generally; amd §126, ABC L; amd §10, Gen City L; amd Part I §1 Art X, Chap 882 of 1953; amd §3421, Pub Health L; amd §§41, 72 & 89-h, Gen Bus L; amd §440-a, RP L; amd §460, Judy L; amd §502, rpld sub 1, V & T L; rpld §131-k, amd §122, Soc Serv L; add §71-b, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7879
2015-2016: S776
2019-2020: S1021
2021-2022: S4279

2017-S1215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York is home act" to establish New York state citizenship, regardless of immigration status, and providing certain rights and benefits to persons with such citizenship.

2017-S1215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1215
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, PERKINS, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the election law, the public officers
   law, the tax law, the general obligations law, the education law,  the
   alcoholic  beverage  control law, the general city law, chapter 882 of
   the laws of 1953, establishing a compact with the state of New  Jersey
   for  the elimination of criminal and corrupt practices in the handling
   of waterborne freight within the port of New York district, the public
   health law, the general business law, the real property law, the judi-
   ciary law, the vehicle and traffic law, the social  services  law  and
   the correction law, in relation to enacting the "New York is home act"
   to  establish  New York state citizenship, regardless of federal immi-
   gration status, and requiring the provision of certain rights of  such
   citizenship; to repeal subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and
   traffic  law relating to applications for drivers' licenses; to repeal
   section 131-k of the social services law relating to  illegal  aliens;
   and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 661 of the education law relat-
   ing to residency for eligibility for student financial aid
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York is home act".
   §  2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that New York
 is home to over 19.5 million individuals, including workers,  consumers,
 students,  neighbors and taxpayers. The wellbeing of this state is inex-
 tricably linked to the wellbeing of all these  New  Yorkers.  These  New
 Yorkers  share  a  common destiny and common dreams: a thriving New York
 state replete with healthy families, healthy  communities  and  striving
 businesses.  New  York is home to these individuals, regardless of their
 federal immigration status.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02080-02-7
              

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