S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10642
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 17, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bronson) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring sign
language interpreters during live broadcast press conferences during a
declared state of emergency
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 29-l
to read as follows:
§ 29-L. DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, BROADCAST REQUIREMENTS. WHENEVER THE
GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A DISASTER EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-
EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, OR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE COUNTY, OR WHERE A
COUNTY IS WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A CITY, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE
CITY, HAS PROCLAIMED A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO SECTION
TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE MUST PROVIDE AN AMERI-
CAN SIGN LANGUAGE QUALIFIED INTERPRETER WHO IS CERTIFIED BY A RECOGNIZED
NATIONAL OR NEW YORK STATE CREDENTIALING AUTHORITY AT EVERY LIVE BROAD-
CAST PRESS CONFERENCE DURING THE DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY OR LOCAL
STATE OF EMERGENCY. TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
SHALL ENSURE THAT THE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SHALL BE PHYSICALLY
POSITIONED IN A MANNER THAT HIS OR HER FACE, BODY, ARMS AND HANDS ARE
VISIBLE IN THE VIDEO TRANSMISSION OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT ALL TIMES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16462-01-0
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