Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 | referred to governmental operations |
Apr 08, 2019 | print number 2116a |
Apr 08, 2019 | amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations |
Jan 22, 2019 | referred to governmental operations |
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Harvey Epstein
Carmen De La Rosa
Nader sayegh
Rebecca Seawright
A2116 - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2116 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT relating to establishing a legislative committee on racial equity in the New York state senate THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. a. There is hereby created the legislative committee on racial equity in the New York state senate. The committee shall provide a racial equity impact assessment on all legislation that is reported favorably to the senate. The committee shall solicit input from members of the public, especially those individuals with expertise related to racial equity issues, to aid the committee in its work. b. The committee shall consist of the senate majority leader, senate minority leader, and ten members appointed by the temporary president of the senate who are representative of the racial diversity that exists in New York state. Any vacancies occurring among the members of the commit- tee shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. c. The committee shall (1) prepare a racial equity impact assessment on all legislation that is reported favorably to the senate to minimize unanticipated adverse consequences by utilizing resources that have a: (i) history of expertise and positive outcomes in racial equity; and (ii) a deep understanding of ameliorating disproportionate outcomes and unintended costs; (2) hold a hearing on any matter relating to the func- tions of the committee; (3) identify state policies and actions that, in conjunction with public and private partners and in support of racial equity, can work to achieve conditions of such; (4) review and make recommendations to align state statutes, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities; (5) search for any interdepartmental gaps, inconsistencies and inefficiencies in the implementation or attainment of the state policies and actions; (6) identify any new laws, regu- lations, programs, services, and budgetary priorities that are needed to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Harvey Epstein
Carmen De La Rosa
Nader sayegh
Rebecca Seawright
A2116A (ACTIVE) - Details
A2116A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2116--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO, EPSTEIN, DE LA ROSA, SAYEGH, SEAWRIGHT, QUART, TAYLOR, CRUZ, ARROYO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT relating to establishing a joint legislative committee on racial equity in New York state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. a. There is hereby created the joint legislative committee on racial equity in New York state. The committee shall provide a racial equity impact assessment on all legislation that is favorably reported from both houses of the legislature. The committee shall solicit input from members of the public, especially those individuals with expertise related to racial equity issues, to aid the committee in its work. b. The committee shall consist of the majority leaders and minority leaders from both houses of the legislature, ten members appointed by the temporary president of the senate and ten members appointed by the speaker of the assembly who are representative of the racial diversity that exists in New York state. Any vacancies occurring among the members of the committee shall be filled in the manner of the original appoint- ment. c. The committee shall (1) prepare a racial equity impact assessment on all legislation that is reported favorably to both houses of the legislature to minimize unanticipated adverse consequences by utilizing resources that have a: (i) history of expertise and positive outcomes in racial equity; and (ii) a deep understanding of ameliorating disproportionate outcomes and unintended costs; (2) hold a hearing on any matter relating to the functions of the committee; (3) identify state policies and actions that, in conjunction with public and private partners and in support of racial equity, can work to achieve conditions of such; (4) review and make recommendations to align state statutes, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.