| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2024 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S9916
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 20th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
2023-S9916 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §17-204, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
-
S441
2023-S9916 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9916
SPONSOR: MYRIE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to including speakers of
Haitian Creole as language minorities
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill adds speakers of Haitian Creole and people of
Middle Eastern or North African heritage to the groups of people
protected by the New York Voting Rights Act's language provisions.
Section 2 sets forth the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York included protections for
language minorities as one of its key provisions. These prot ections
involve ensuring voting materials in a non-English language if there are
a sufficient number of speakers of that language in various jurisdic-
2023-S9916 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
9916
I N S E N A T E
September 20, 2024
___________
Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to including speakers of
Haitian Creole as language minorities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 5-a of section 17-204 of the election law, as
added by chapter 226 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
5-a. "Language minorities" or "language-minority group" means persons
who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, SPEAKERS OF
HAITIAN CREOLE, or of Spanish heritage. "LANGUAGE MINORITIES" OR
"LANGUAGE-MINORITY GROUP" SHALL ALSO MEAN PERSONS OF MIDDLE EASTERN OR
NORTH AFRICAN HERITAGE AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGET'S STATISTICAL POLICY DIRECTIVE FIFTEEN.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16188-01-4
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