assembly Bill A677

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Vetoed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 06, 2019 tabled
vetoed memo.172
Nov 26, 2019 delivered to governor
Jun 11, 2019 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.1244
substituted for s3662
Jun 03, 2019 referred to rules
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Feb 21, 2019 advanced to third reading cal.49
Feb 11, 2019 reported
Feb 05, 2019 reported referred to codes
Jan 09, 2019 referred to governmental operations

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A677 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3662
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9792
2013-2014: A1186
2015-2016: A2430
2017-2018: A7352
2021-2022: A6896, S6639

A677 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions.

A677 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   677

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. NIOU, KIM, BLAKE, MORINELLO, DE LA ROSA, ROZIC,
  L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Govern-
  mental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to requiring the
  collection of certain demographic information by certain  state  agen-
  cies, boards and commissions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
declares the following:
  (a)  Asian  Americans  as  well  as Native Hawaiians and other Pacific
Islanders are an incredibly diverse group. Due to  this  diversity,  the
United  States  Office  of  Management  and  Budget's Statistical Policy
Directive No. 15, entitled Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statis-
tics and Administrative Reporting,  separated  the  "Asian  and  Pacific
Islander" category into two distinct and separate categories, now called
"Asians"  and  "Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders," and these
two distinct categories were used in the 2000 United States Census.  The
United States Census Bureau currently reports  data  for  more  than  20
different ethnicities within these two categories.
  (b) While Asian Americans as well as Native Hawaiians and other Pacif-
ic  Islanders  are often misrepresented as a homogeneous group, they are
an extremely diverse group, with  ethnicities  from  over  30  different
countries.  Although Asian American as well as Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander  communities  in  this  state  share  geographical  and
cultural  commonalities,  they  also  experience  diverse social, educa-
tional, health, and  economic  differences  that  are  unique  to  their
respective communities.
  (c) Existing state law requires state demographic data to be collected
for  Asian  and some Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ethnic groups.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets