senate Bill S3381A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in multiple languages

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 30, 2023 advanced to third reading
May 24, 2023 2nd report cal.
May 23, 2023 1st report cal.1277
Mar 13, 2023 print number 3381a
Mar 13, 2023 amend and recommit to finance
Jan 31, 2023 referred to finance

Votes

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May 23, 2023 - Finance committee Vote

S3381A
16
6
committee
16
Aye
6
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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S3381 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7235
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202-a, Exec L; add Art 9 Title 13 §§2988 & 2988-a, Pub Auth L; add Art 24-A §§950 & 951, County L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5236

S3381 - Summary

Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

S3381 - Sponsor Memo

S3381 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3381
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the public authorities  law  and  the
   county law, in relation to requiring certain documents and forms to be
   provided in multiple languages

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 202-a of  the  executive  law,  as
 added  by  section  1  of  part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. (A.) Each state agency that provides direct public services in  New
 York  state  shall  translate  all  vital documents relevant to services
 offered by the agency, INCLUDING  ESSENTIAL  PUBLIC  DOCUMENTS  SUCH  AS
 FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO OR COMPLETED BY PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
 OR  PARTICIPANTS,  into  the  twelve  most  common non-English languages
 spoken by  limited-English  proficient  individuals  in  the  state  WHO
 ARRIVED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, based on the data in the most recent
 American  Community  Survey  published  by  United States Census Bureau,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DATA COLLECTED  BY  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS,  LOCAL
 INTERPRETING  AGENCIES, FEDERAL REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS, AND STATE
 AGENCIES. [Agencies subject to this section, in  their  discretion,  may
 offer  up  to  four  additional  languages beyond the twelve most common
 languages.   Such additional languages shall be  decided  by  the  state
 agency  in consultation with the office of general services and approved
 by the office of general services based on the number of limited-English
 proficient immigrants of five years or less in New York state in need of
 language  translation  services  according  to  the  American  Community
 Survey,  including  the  growth  of  recent  arrival  populations in the
 geographic regions in which the agency's services are offered, the popu-
 lation of limited-English proficient individuals served by  the  agency,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02785-02-3
 S. 3381                             2

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S3381A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7235
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202-a, Exec L; add Art 9 Title 13 §§2988 & 2988-a, Pub Auth L; add Art 24-A §§950 & 951, County L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5236

S3381A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

S3381A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3381A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3381--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, the public authorities law and the
   county law, in relation to requiring certain documents and forms to be
   provided in multiple languages
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 202-a of the executive law, as
 added by section 1 of part GG of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  (A)  Each state agency that provides direct public services in New
 York state shall translate all  vital  documents  relevant  to  services
 offered  by  the  agency,  INCLUDING  ESSENTIAL PUBLIC DOCUMENTS SUCH AS
 FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO OR COMPLETED BY PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
 OR PARTICIPANTS, into  the  twelve  most  common  non-English  languages
 spoken  by  limited-English  proficient  individuals  in  the  state WHO
 ARRIVED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, based on the data in the most recent
 American Community Survey published  by  United  States  Census  Bureau,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO DATA COLLECTED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LOCAL
 INTERPRETING AGENCIES, FEDERAL REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS, AND  STATE
 AGENCIES.  [Agencies  subject  to this section, in their discretion, may
 offer up to four additional languages  beyond  the  twelve  most  common
 languages.    Such  additional  languages  shall be decided by the state
 agency in consultation with the office of general services and  approved
 by the office of general services based on the number of limited-English
 proficient immigrants of five years or less in New York state in need of
 language  translation  services  according  to  the  American  Community
 Survey, including the  growth  of  recent  arrival  populations  in  the
 geographic regions in which the agency's services are offered, the popu-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02785-03-3

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