Assembly Bill A293

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to racial and ethnic impact statements on bills

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A293 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5690
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§52-a, 52-b & 52-c, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7519, S5921
2019-2020: A3422, S4388
2021-2022: A4348, S4745

2023-A293 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to racial and ethnic impact statements on bills.

2023-A293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    293
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALKER, RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   DICKENS, EPSTEIN, JEAN-PIERRE, SIMON -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the legislative law, in relation to racial and ethnic
   impact statements on bills

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "racial and
 ethnic equity act".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings  and  intent.  The legislature finds that
 minorities are historically overrepresented in the New York correctional
 population and that adverse racial disparities occur at every  stage  of
 the  criminal  justice  system. Black people are dramatically overrepre-
 sented in New York's correctional population. In  2015,  they  accounted
 for  only 17.6 percent of the state's total population. Yet, as of Janu-
 ary 2016, black people made up 49 percent of the  total  offender  popu-
 lation  under  custody.  Latinos are also overrepresented in the correc-
 tional population. In 2015, they accounted for 18.8 percent of the state
 population and, in 2016, just under a quarter of the offender population
 under custody. While the state of New York has effectively  reduced  the
 total prison population through the adoption of alternative to incarcer-
 ation  programs  and  other  forms  of diversion, the racially disparate
 correctional population remains an indefatigable aspect of  the  justice
 system. The role of New York State Permanent Commission on Sentencing is
 to  evaluate  sentencing  laws  and practices and recommend reforms that
 will improve the quality and effectiveness of statewide sentencing poli-
 cy; however, this entity does not evaluate the role of sentencing  stat-
 utes on racial and ethnic minorities.
   In New York State, black children are overrepresented at each stage of
 the  child  welfare  process.  Additionally,  Black, Hispanic and Native

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01035-01-3
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