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Assembly Bill A1403

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing status as a New York state citizen or possession of a federal immigration card shall constitute no cause for refusing any person examination admission to practice law

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2019-A1403 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §460, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10061
2017-2018: A1068
2021-2022: A2118

2019-A1403 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing status as a New York state citizen or possession of a federal immigration card shall constitute no cause for refusing any person examination admission to practice law.

2019-A1403 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1403
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON, BICHOTTE, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, D'URSO --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CRESPO, HYNDMAN -- read once  and
   referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing status as
   a  New  York state citizen or possession of a federal immigration card
   shall constitute no cause  for  refusing  any  person  examination  or
   admission to practice law
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 460 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 226
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   § 460. Examination and admission of attorneys. An applicant for admis-
 sion to practice as an attorney or counsellor in  this  state,  must  be
 examined  and  licensed to practice as prescribed in this chapter and in
 the rules of the court of appeals.  Race, creed, color, national origin,
 alienage, STATUS AS A NEW YORK STATE CITIZEN OR FEDERAL IMMIGRATION CARD
 HOLDER, or sex shall constitute no cause for refusing any  person  exam-
 ination or admission to practice.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01686-01-9

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