Bill Text: NY A03233 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to preventing banks from asking account holders for proof of citizenship and using citizenship as a reason for freezing a bank account.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to banks [A03233 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03233-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3233
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Banks
        AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to  preventing  banks  from
          asking account holders for proof of citizenship
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new section  6-n  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  6-n.  Proof of citizenship; account freeze. 1. For purposes of this
     4  section, "account holder" shall mean any individual whose  name  appears
     5  on a bank account.
     6    2.  No  banking  organization  shall  inquire into an account holder's
     7  citizenship or ask for proof of citizenship from such account holder.
     8    3. No banking organization shall freeze a bank  account  because  such
     9  account holder failed to provide proof of citizenship.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06266-01-9