New York Assembly Bill 10794 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-2)
Status: Introduced on July 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-10 - referred to judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes any person who has graduated or will graduate from an American Bar Association accredited law school or is otherwise eligible to take the New York state bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency, has demonstrated compliance with section 520.9 of the rules of the court of appeals, and has satisfied the requirements for good moral character and general fitness requisite for an attorney- and counselor-at-law as required by section 90 of the Judiciary Law and who intends to primarily practice law in the State of New York to be admitted to practice in all the courts of record of the state.

Authorizes any person who has graduated or will graduate from an American Bar Association accredited law school or is otherwise eligible to take the New York state bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency, has demonstrated compliance with section 520.9 of the rules of the court of appeals, and has satisfied the requirements for good moral character and general fitness requisite for an attorney- and counselor-at-law as required by section 90 of the Judiciary Law and who intends to primarily practice law in the State of New York to be admitted to practice in all the courts of record of the state.

Asm. Jo Simon [D]	Asm. Judy Griffin [D]	Asm. Donna Lupardo [D]	Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]
Asm. Harvey Epstein [D]	Asm. Robert Carroll [D]	Asm. Dan Quart [D]	Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn [D]
Asm. Alicia Hyndman [D]	Asm. Charles Barron [D]	Asm. Rebecca Seawright [D]	Asm. Carmen De La Rosa [D]
Asm. Steven Otis [D]	Asm. Latoya Joyner [D]	Asm. John McDonald [D]	Asm. Didi Barrett [D]
Asm. Mathylde Frontus [D]	Asm. Michael Cusick [D]	Asm. Aravella Simotas [D]	Asm. Charles Lavine [D]
Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Kimberly Jean-Pierre [D]	Asm. Anthony D'Urso [D]	Asm. Monica Wallace [D]
Asm. Walter Mosley [D]	Asm. Robin Schimminger [D]	Asm. Karines Reyes [D]	Asm. Yuh-line Niou [D]
Sen. Nathalia Fernandez [D]	Asm. Latrice Walker [D]	Asm. Barbara Lifton [D]	Asm. David McDonough [R]
Asm. Inez Dickens [D]	Asm. Joseph Lentol [D]	Asm. Melissa Miller [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-10	Assembly	referred to judiciary

S08682 (Same As) 2020-07-10 - PRINT NUMBER 8682A

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A10794
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10794&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A10794