Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 12, 2019 |
signed chap.621 |
Dec 06, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 13, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.467 substituted for s1950a |
Jun 11, 2019 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 30, 2019 |
amended on third reading 754a |
May 23, 2019 |
advanced to third reading cal.376 |
May 21, 2019 |
reported |
Feb 27, 2019 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 10, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A754
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JOYNER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
Richard Gottfried
Jo Anne Simon
Charles Barron
2019-A754 - Details
2019-A754 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 754 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, BARRON, D'URSO, JAFFEE, COLTON, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the office of court administration to collect and maintain data on limited English proficient litigants in the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 391 to read as follows: § 391. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT LITIGANTS' DATA. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "PRIMARY LANGUAGE" MEANS THE DOMINANT LANGUAGE AN INDIVIDUAL SPEAKS IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THEIR HOME, WORK, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTS; (B) "LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT (LEP) INDIVIDUAL" MEANS A PARTICIPANT IN A LEGAL PROCEEDING, WHOSE LIMITED ABILITY TO SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, HAS CREATED A COMMUNICATIONS BARRIER TO UNDERSTANDING HIS OR HER LEGAL RIGHTS OR IMPAIRS HIS OR HER ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN COURT PROGRAMS OR SERVICES; (C) "LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES" MEANS ORAL AND WRITTEN SERVICES NEEDED TO ASSIST LEP INDIVIDUALS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH COURT PERSONNEL AND TO PROVIDE LEP INDIVIDUALS WITH MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO, AND AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN, COURT PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, SO THAT LEP INDIVIDUALS ARE PLACED IN THE SAME POSITION AS SIMILARLY SITUATED PERSONS FOR WHOM THERE IS NO SUCH BARRIER; AND (D) "TRANSLATION SERVICES" MEANS INTERPRETING THE WORDS USED BY THE JUDGE, PARTIES AND RELEVANT PARTICIPANTS IN A LEGAL PROCEEDING FROM ENGLISH INTO AN LEP INDIVIDUAL'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETING THE WORDS USED BY THE LEP INDIVIDUAL BACK TO ENGLISH. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00094-01-9
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
Richard Gottfried
Jo Anne Simon
Charles Barron
2019-A754A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A754A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 754--A Cal. No. 376 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, BARRON, D'URSO, JAFFEE, COLTON, PERRY, WEPRIN, CRUZ, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- reported and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the office of court administration to collect and maintain data on limited English proficient litigants in the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 391 to read as follows: § 391. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT LITIGANTS' DATA. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "PRIMARY LANGUAGE" MEANS THE DOMINANT LANGUAGE A LITIGANT SPEAKS IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THEIR HOME, WORK, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTS; (B) "LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT (LEP) LITIGANT" MEANS A PARTICIPANT IN A LEGAL PROCEEDING, WHOSE LIMITED ABILITY TO SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, HAS CREATED A COMMUNICATIONS BARRIER TO UNDERSTANDING HIS OR HER LEGAL RIGHTS OR IMPAIRS HIS OR HER ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN COURT PROGRAMS OR SERVICES; AND (C) "LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES" MEANS ORAL AND WRITTEN SERVICES NEEDED TO ASSIST LEP LITIGANTS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH COURT PERSONNEL AND TO PROVIDE LEP LITIGANTS WITH MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO, AND AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN, COURT PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, SO THAT LEP LITIGANTS ARE PLACED IN THE SAME POSITION AS SIMILARLY SITU- ATED PERSONS FOR WHOM THERE IS NO SUCH BARRIER. 2. THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL COLLECT AND MAINTAIN DATA ON ALL LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT LITIGANTS IN ALL COURTS WITHIN THIS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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