Bill Text: NY A02118 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to establishing status as a New York state citizen or possession of a federal immigration card shall constitute no cause for refusing any person examination admission to practice law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A02118 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A02118-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2118 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, COOK, HYNDMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, GOTTFRIED, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing status as a New York state citizen or possession of a federal immigration card shall constitute no cause for refusing any person examination or admission to practice law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 460 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 226 2 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 460. Examination and admission of attorneys. An applicant for admis- 4 sion to practice as an attorney or counsellor in this state, must be 5 examined and licensed to practice as prescribed in this chapter and in 6 the rules of the court of appeals. Race, creed, color, national origin, 7 alienage, status as a New York state citizen or federal immigration card 8 holder, or sex shall constitute no cause for refusing any person exam- 9 ination or admission to practice. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01062-01-1
