Senate Bill S441A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities

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2025-S441 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8891
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17-204, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9916

2025-S441 - Summary

Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities.

2025-S441 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S441 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    441
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 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.
                                                            LBD01724-01-5

2025-S441A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8891
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17-204, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9916

2025-S441A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities.

2025-S441A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S441A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  441--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to including speakers of
   Haitian Creole and persons of Middle Eastern or North African heritage
   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 one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01724-02-5

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