Assembly Bill A10633

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the empire state licensing act; 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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2019-A10633 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8481
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 4-D §§49 - 49-b, Civ Rts L; amd §89, Pub Off L; amd §5, Tax L; amd §3-503, Gen Ob L, amd Ed L, generally; amd §§110 & 126, rpld §126 sub 3, ABC L; amd §10, Gen City L; rpld §3421 sub 2 ¶ (a), Pub Health L; amd §41, Gen Bus L; amd §341, Lab L; amd §460, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1952, S3046
2023-2024: A8263, S5964

2019-A10633 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the empire state licensing act to provide all New Yorkers with access to professional, occupational, commercial, or business licenses, permits, certificates, or related registrations regardless of an applicant's citizenship or immigration status, or lack thereof.

2019-A10633 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10633
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cruz) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, the public officers law,  the  tax
   law,  the  general  obligations  law, the education law, the alcoholic
   beverage control law, the general city law, the general business  law,
   the  labor  law  and  the  judiciary  law, in relation to enacting the
   empire state licensing act; and to repeal certain  provisions  of  the
   alcoholic  beverage  control  law  and  the public health law relating
   thereto
 
   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 "empire state licensing act".
   § 2. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new  article  4-D  to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 4-D
                     RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS IN LICENSING
 SECTION 49.   DEFINITIONS.
         49-A. NONDISCRIMINATION AND EXTENSION OF LICENSES.
         49-B. APPLICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY.
   §  49.  DEFINITIONS.  WHEN  USED  IN  THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT
 REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
   1. THE TERM "LICENSE" SHALL INCLUDE  ANY  PROFESSIONAL,  OCCUPATIONAL,
 COMMERCIAL,  OR  BUSINESS  LICENSE,  PERMIT,  CERTIFICATE,  OR ANY OTHER
 SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR PERMISSION, OR RELATED REGISTRATION.
   2. THE TERM "ISSUING OR REGISTERING ENTITY" SHALL INCLUDE  ANY  ENTITY
 THAT  GRANTS LICENSES, ESTABLISHES THE RELATED QUALIFICATIONS, EVALUATES
 THE APPLICANTS, OR PERFORMS ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FUNCTION.
   § 49-A. NONDISCRIMINATION AND EXTENSION OF LICENSES. 1.  NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO APPLICANT SHALL BE DENIED  A  LICENSE
 ON ACCOUNT OF THE APPLICANT'S CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR LACK
 THEREOF.
   2.  ISSUING  AND  REGISTERING ENTITIES SHALL REVIEW LICENSE QUALIFICA-
 TIONS AND APPLICATION PROCESSES TO ENSURE MAXIMUM ACCESSIBILITY TO IMMI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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