Senate Bill S3251

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the housing for an equitable reentry and opportunity (HERO) act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2023-S3251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4959
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L

2023-S3251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the housing for an equitable reentry and opportunity (HERO) act to prohibit housing discrimination on the basis of criminal legal system involvement; defines criminal legal system involvement.

2023-S3251 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3251
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  prohibiting  housing
   discrimination based on criminal legal system involvement

   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  "housing
 for an equitable reentry and opportunity (HERO) act".
   §  2.  Section  292  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 42 to read as follows:
   42. THE TERM "CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT" SHALL  MEAN  INFORMA-
 TION  REGARDING  AN INDIVIDUAL'S CONVICTION, ARREST, CHARGE, OR CITATION
 FOR AN OFFENSE, PARTICIPATION IN A DIVERSION  OR  DEFERRAL  OF  JUDGMENT
 PROGRAM,  RECORD  OF AN OFFENSE THAT HAS BEEN SEALED, EXPUNGED, VACATED,
 OR PARDONED, A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER ADJUDICATION, OR A JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
 DETERMINATION.
   § 3. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of section
 296 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 202 and  748
 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 hold from any person or group of  persons  such  housing  accommodations
 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizen-
 ship  or  immigration  status,  sexual  orientation,  gender identity or
 expression, military status, age,  sex,  marital  status,  status  as  a
 victim  of  domestic  violence,  lawful source of income, CRIMINAL LEGAL
 SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT or familial status of such person or persons,  or  to
 represent  that  any  housing accommodation or land is not available for
 inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
   (b) To discriminate against any person because of  his  or  her  race,
 creed,  color,  disability,  national origin, citizenship or immigration
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02250-02-3
              

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