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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A1403
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Michael Blake
Richard Gottfried
Anthony D'Urso
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Marcos Crespo
Alicia Hyndman
2019-A1403 (ACTIVE) - Details
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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