Assembly Bill A6896

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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  • 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

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2021-A6896 - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9792
2013-2014: A1186
2015-2016: A2430
2017-2018: A7352
2019-2020: A677

2021-A6896 - Summary

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

2021-A6896 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6896
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  NIOU,  KIM, DE LA ROSA, ROZIC, L. ROSENTHAL,
   WEPRIN, RICHARDSON, FITZPATRICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, FRONTUS, SOLAGES, REYES,
   FERNANDEZ, BRAUNSTEIN, GOTTFRIED -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Governmental 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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A6896A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9792
2013-2014: A1186
2015-2016: A2430
2017-2018: A7352
2019-2020: A677

2021-A6896A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A6896A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6896--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  NIOU,  KIM, DE LA ROSA, ROZIC, L. ROSENTHAL,
   WEPRIN, RICHARDSON, FITZPATRICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, FRONTUS, SOLAGES, REYES,
   FERNANDEZ, BRAUNSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, MITAYNES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations  --
   reported   and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
   collection  of  certain demographic information by certain state agen-
   cies, boards, departments 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10834-02-1
              

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