NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6897A

Senate Bill S6897A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing language translation services to accommodate census self-reporting

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Feb 05, 2020	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 27, 2020	advanced to third reading
Jan 23, 2020	2nd report cal. amended 6897a
Jan 22, 2020	1st report cal.255
Jan 08, 2020	referred to finance
Dec 11, 2019	referred to rules

Votes

- Feb 5, 2020 - Floor Vote
  S6897A
  
  45
  
  Aye
  
  16
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Feb 5, 2020
      
      aye (45)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (16)
      
      Akshar
      
      Borrello
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Seward
      
      Tedisco
      
      excused (1)
      
      Breslin
  Jan 22, 2020 - Finance Committee Vote
  S6897A
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  6
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2020
      
      aye (14)
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Rivera
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (3)
      
      Little
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      aye wr (6)
      
      Gallivan
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2019-S6897 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §154, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6897

2019-S6897 - Summary

Provides language translation services to accommodate census self-reporting.

2019-S6897 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6897
 
SPONSOR: SALAZAR
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing language
translation services to accommodate census self-reporting

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Requires the Department of State to provide census-related translation
services that state agencies and localities can utilize to assist New
Yorkers with census self-reporting.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the Executive Law by adding a new section 154, to
extend existing translation services to state agencies and localities,
for purposes of census self-reporting; and to expand upon those trans-
lation services to include, at a minimum, all languages used in census
self-reporting forms.

Section 2. Provides for the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Although the Census Bureau provides language support in over 50
languages and provides self-reporting forms in 12 languages, New Yorkers
speak over 200 languages, and those with limited or no English profi-
ciency are at high risk of not being counted in the census.  According
to the American Survey, at least 113,000 New Yorkers speak a language at
home that will not be supported by the Census Bureau's translation
services.

Adequate statewide translation services will be essential in ensuring an
accurate census count of New Yorkers with limited or no English profi-
ciency. For this reason, it is critical for the state to identify any
existing language translation services, to use those services in accom-
modating census self-reporting, and in addition, provide expanded trans-
lation services, to assist with census self-reporting in at least all
the languages that the questionnaire will be translated into.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective Immediately.

2019-S6897 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6897
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  providing  language
   translation services to accommodate census self-reporting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 154 to
 read as follows:
   § 154. CENSUS-RELATED  TRANSLATION  SERVICES  TO  STATE  AGENCIES  AND
 LOCALITIES. 1.  CENSUS-RELATED TRANSLATION SERVICES SHALL BE EXTENDED TO
 THOSE  WHO  EXPRESS  A  NEED  BEYOND THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED
 STATES CENSUS BUREAU. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BY AND THROUGH THE SECRE-
 TARY OF STATE OR DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING  STATE  AGENCY  AND LOCALITY OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS, IN REGARD TO
 CENSUS-RELATED TRANSLATION SERVICES:
   (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IDENTIFY EXISTING TRANSLATION  SERVICES,  AND
 SHALL  WORK WITH STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER RELEVANT STATE INSTITUTIONS TO
 DETERMINE IF THESE TRANSLATION SERVICES MAY BE UTILIZED AS CENSUS-RELAT-
 ED TRANSLATION SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO EXISTING  TRANSLATION  SERVICES,
 THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  WORK  TO  IDENTIFY EXPANDED TRANSLATION SERVICES
 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AS MANY LANGUAGES  AS  POSSIBLE,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,
 THESE EXPANDED TRANSLATION SERVICES, AT A MINIMUM, ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN
 ALL LANGUAGES USED WITHIN CENSUS SELF-REPORTING FORMS.
   (B)  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL CONNECT STATE AGENCIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND
 OTHER RELEVANT STATE OR LOCAL INSTITUTIONS WITH  ALL  IDENTIFIED  TRANS-
 LATION  SERVICES  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF PROVIDING QUALITY CENSUS-RELATED
 TRANSLATION SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   (C) TO ENSURE THE SERVICES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 ARE EFFICIENTLY PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC, STATE  AGENCIES  AND  LOCALITIES
 SHALL  GIVE  TIMELY  NOTICE  TO THE PUBLIC OF THE AVAILABILITY OF TRANS-
 LATION SERVICES FOR SELF-REPORTING IN  THE  DECENNIAL  CENSUS.    TIMELY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14223-03-9

 S. 6897                             2
 
 NOTICE  SHALL  INCLUDE  PROMPTLY NOTIFYING ALL RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF
 ANY AVAILABLE CENSUS-RELATED TRANSLATION SERVICES WITHIN THE  COMMUNITY,
 AS SOON AS SUCH SERVICES ARE MADE AVAILABLE.
   2. ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST OF EACH YEAR FOLLOWING A DECENNIAL CENSUS,
 COMMENCING  WITH  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE  BUDGET,  THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ON THE
 PRIOR  YEAR'S  CENSUS-RELATED  TRANSLATION  SERVICES FOR LIMITED ENGLISH
 PROFICIENCY SPEAKERS. THE REPORT SHALL IDENTIFY THE TRANSLATION SERVICES
 OR PROGRAMS UTILIZED BY STATE AGENCIES, LOCALITIES, AND  OTHER  RELEVANT
 STATE  OR  LOCAL INSTITUTIONS FOR CENSUS-RELATED TRANSLATION SERVICES IN
 THAT YEAR. IN ADDITION, THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
 IMPROVEMENT OF THESE SERVICES FOR THE FOLLOWING DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2019-S6897A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §154, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6897

2019-S6897A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides language translation services to accommodate census self-reporting.

2019-S6897A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6897A

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing language
translation services to accommodate census self-reporting

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Requires the Department of State to provide census-related translation
services that state agencies and localities can utilize to assist New
Yorkers with census self-reporting.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the Executive Law by adding a new section 154, to
extend existing translation services to state agencies and localities,
for purposes of census self-reporting; and to expand upon those trans-
lation services to include, at a minimum, all languages used in census
self-reporting forms.

Section 2. Provides for the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Although the Census Bureau provides language support in over 50
languages and provides self-reporting forms in 12 languages, New Yorkers
speak over 200 languages, and those with limited or no English profi-
ciency are at high risk of not being counted in the census. According to
the American Survey, at least 113,000 New Yorkers speak a language at
home that will not be supported by the Census Bureau's translation
services.

Adequate statewide translation services will be essential in ensuring an
accurate census count of New Yorkers with limited or no English profi-
ciency. For this reason, it is critical for the state to identify any
existing language translation services, to use those services in accom-
modating census self-reporting, and in addition, provide expanded trans-
lation services, to assist with census self-reporting in at least all
the languages that the questionnaire will be translated into.

To effectively utilize these services throughout the state, this legis-
lation requires state agencies and localities notify the public of the
availability of these services by posting information online, working
with any relevant organizations to reach limited or non-English profi-
cient speakers, and by any other identified effective means. Addi-
tionally, to improve translation services for use in later decennial
censuses, the proposal requires the Department of State provide a report
each year following a decennial census in the prior year's use of these
services, along with recommendations.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective Immediately.

2019-S6897A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6897--A
     Cal. No. 255
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   reported favorably from  said  committee,  ordered  to  first  report,
   amended  on  first  report,  ordered  to  a  second report and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  providing  language
   translation services to accommodate census self-reporting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 154 to
 read as follows:
   § 154. CENSUS-RELATED  TRANSLATION  SERVICES  TO  STATE  AGENCIES  AND
 LOCALITIES. 1.  CENSUS-RELATED TRANSLATION SERVICES SHALL BE EXTENDED TO
 THOSE  WHO  EXPRESS  A  NEED  BEYOND THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED
 STATES CENSUS BUREAU. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BY AND THROUGH THE SECRE-
 TARY OF STATE OR DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING  STATE  AGENCY  AND LOCALITY OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS, IN REGARD TO
 CENSUS-RELATED TRANSLATION SERVICES:
   (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IDENTIFY EXISTING TRANSLATION  SERVICES,  AND
 SHALL  WORK WITH STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER RELEVANT STATE INSTITUTIONS TO
 DETERMINE IF THESE TRANSLATION SERVICES MAY BE UTILIZED AS CENSUS-RELAT-
 ED TRANSLATION SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO EXISTING  TRANSLATION  SERVICES,
 THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  WORK  TO  IDENTIFY EXPANDED TRANSLATION SERVICES
 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AS MANY LANGUAGES  AS  POSSIBLE,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,
 THESE EXPANDED TRANSLATION SERVICES, AT A MINIMUM, ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN
 ALL LANGUAGES USED WITHIN CENSUS SELF-REPORTING FORMS.
   (B)  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL CONNECT STATE AGENCIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND
 OTHER RELEVANT STATE OR LOCAL INSTITUTIONS WITH  ALL  IDENTIFIED  TRANS-
 LATION  SERVICES  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF PROVIDING QUALITY CENSUS-RELATED
 TRANSLATION SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14223-04-0

 S. 6897--A                          2
 
   (C) TO ENSURE THE SERVICES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 ARE EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC, STATE  AGENCIES  AND  LOCALITIES
 ARE  REQUIRED  TO  NOTIFY  THE PUBLIC OF THE AVAILABILITY OF TRANSLATION
 SERVICES IDENTIFIED FOR SELF-REPORTING IN  THE  DECENNIAL  CENSUS.  SUCH
 NOTICE  SHALL INCLUDE POSTING INFORMATION ONLINE, WORKING WITH ANY RELE-
 VANT ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH LIMITED OR NON-PROFICIENT ENGLISH  SPEAKERS,
 AND ANY OTHER MEANS IDENTIFIED AS EFFECTIVELY PROVIDING NOTICE.
   2. ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST OF EACH YEAR FOLLOWING A DECENNIAL CENSUS,
 COMMENCING  WITH  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE  BUDGET,  THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ON THE
 PRIOR  YEAR'S  CENSUS-RELATED  TRANSLATION  SERVICES FOR LIMITED ENGLISH
 PROFICIENCY SPEAKERS. THE REPORT SHALL IDENTIFY THE TRANSLATION SERVICES
 OR PROGRAMS UTILIZED BY STATE AGENCIES, LOCALITIES, AND  OTHER  RELEVANT
 STATE  OR  LOCAL INSTITUTIONS FOR CENSUS-RELATED TRANSLATION SERVICES IN
 THAT YEAR. IN ADDITION, THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
 IMPROVEMENT OF THESE SERVICES FOR THE FOLLOWING DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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