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Senate Bill S5219

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that schools, child day cares, day care centers, or community based organizations which support activities for children under the age of eighteen can not serve as a shelter for migrants

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2025-S5219 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4123
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Children
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7417, A8013

2025-S5219 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that schools, child day cares, day care centers, or community based organizations which support activities for children under the age of eighteen can not serve as a shelter for migrants.

2025-S5219 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5219 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5219
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
   Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  provide that schools, child day cares, day care centers, or
   community based organizations which support  activities  for  children
   under the age of eighteen can not serve as a shelter for migrants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, no funds
 appropriated for the  humanitarian  aid  including  short  term  shelter
 services to migrant individuals and families, including costs associated
 with  humanitarian emergency response and relief centers for individuals
 entering short term shelter on or after April 1, 2022 in New  York  city
 or any other municipality in New York state may be used for the emergen-
 cy  sheltering  of  migrant adults in a school, child day care, day care
 center, or community based organization which  supports  activities  for
 children under the age of eighteen.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03645-01-5

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