senate Bill S1032

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Moves the Amistad Commission from the department of state to the state education department

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate


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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 13, 2023 referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 07, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.284
reported and committed to rules
Jan 09, 2023 referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Votes

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Feb 7, 2023 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation committee Vote

S1032
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committee
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Aye
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Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2023

aye wr (1)

Feb 7, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

S1032
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committee
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Aye
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Nay
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Aye with Reservations
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Absent
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Excused
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Abstained
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S1032 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§57.52 & 57.53, Arts & Cul L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6323
2019-2020: S6445
2021-2022: S1924

S1032 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Moves the Amistad Commission from the department of state to the state education department.

S1032 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1032 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1032
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON, CLEARE, HINCHEY, MYRIE -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the
   Amistad Commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  57.52  of  the arts and cultural affairs law, as
 added by chapter 404 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 57.52. Amistad commission; established. 1.  The  Amistad  commission
 (commission), so named in honor of the group of enslaved Africans led by
 Joseph  Cinque  who, while being transported in eighteen hundred thirty-
 nine on a vessel named the Amistad, gained  their  freedom  after  over-
 throwing  the  crew and eventually having their case successfully argued
 before the United States Supreme Court, is  hereby  created  and  estab-
 lished.  The commission shall consist of nineteen members, including the
 [secretary of state] COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION or his or  her  designee,
 the  [commissioner of education] SECRETARY OF STATE or his or her desig-
 nee, and the chancellor of the state university of New York  or  his  or
 her  designee,  serving  ex  officio, and sixteen public members. Public
 members shall be appointed as follows:   four public  members,  no  more
 than  two  of  whom  shall  be  of  the  same  political party, shall be
 appointed by the temporary president of the senate; four public members,
 no more than two of whom shall be of the same political party, shall  be
 appointed  by  the speaker of the assembly; and eight public members, no
 more than four of whom shall be of the same political  party,  shall  be
 appointed  by  the  governor. THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE CHOSEN WITH
 DUE REGARD TO BROAD ETHNIC  DIVERSITY  AND  SHALL  HAVE  A  DEMONSTRATED
 EDUCATIONAL  BACKGROUND  IN  THE  HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AND
 SLAVERY IN AMERICA OR THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  OF  AFRICAN-AMERICANS  TO  OUR
 SOCIETY. The public members shall be residents of the state, chosen with
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03512-01-3

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