Assembly Bill A7093

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to defining immigration status

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2019-A7093 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S294
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §292, Exec L; amd §79-n, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S963
2021-2022: A9136, S102
2023-2024: A2790, S1404

2019-A7093 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to defining immigration status in the executive law and the civil rights law; and provides a civil remedy for any harm or damage to the property or person of another due to a belief or perception regarding such person's immigration status.

2019-A7093 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7093
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  defining  immigration
   status;  and  to  amend  the civil rights law, in relation to defining
   immigration status and providing a civil remedy for any harm or damage
   to the property or person of another due to  a  belief  or  perception
   regarding such persons immigration status
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. THE TERM "IMMIGRATION STATUS", WHEN USED IN THIS ARTICLE, MEANS  A
 PERSON'S  POSSESSION  OR NON-POSSESSION OF CERTIFICATION, DOCUMENTATION,
 OR AUTHORIZATION TO BE PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR  A  SPECIFIC  OR
 UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME, AS AN ALIEN LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT
 RESIDENCE  AS DEFINED IN 8 U.S.C. § 1101(A)(20), A REFUGEE AS DEFINED IN
 8 U.S.C. § 1101(A)(42), AN ALIEN WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED ASYLUM PURSUANT TO
 8 U.S.C. § 1158, AN ALIEN THAT HAS BEEN LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR  TEMPORARY
 RESIDENCE PURSUANT TO 8 U.S.C.  § 1255A, OR ANY OTHER RELATED STATUS.
   §  2.  Subdivision 8 of section 292 of the executive law is amended to
 read as follows:
   8. The term "national origin" shall, for the purposes of this article,
 include "ancestry[.]" AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE IMMIGRATION STATUS AS  SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE. HOWEVER, NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL
 BE  CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT VERIFICATION OF A PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS,
 NOR SHALL ANY ADVERSE ACTION BE  PROHIBITED  WHEN  BASED  UPON  VERIFIED
 IMMIGRATION STATUS AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW.
   §  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 79-n of the civil rights law, as added
 by chapter 227 of the laws of 2010, is amended by adding a new paragraph
 (e) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05018-01-9
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.