Assembly Bill A5853

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits municipalities from issuing government identification cards to illegal aliens

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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-A5853 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Municipalities
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9502
2015-2016: A3687
2017-2018: A2562

2019-A5853 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits municipalities from issuing government identification cards to illegal aliens.

2019-A5853 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5853
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LALOR, DeSTEFANO, MORINELLO -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to prohibit municipalities from issuing government identification
   cards to illegal aliens
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
 ry, no municipalities, including any  county,  city,  town  or  village,
 shall issue any form of government identification card to any person who
 is not legally present in the United States.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00857-01-9

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