Bill Text: NY S00589 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits state and local agencies from inquiring as to the immigration status of any person.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00589 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00589-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 589 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to the confidentiality of immigration status The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 2 51-a to read as follows: 3 § 51-a. Confidentiality of immigration status. No agency of the state 4 or of any political subdivision or public authority thereof, nor any 5 officer, employee or agent thereof, shall inquire as to or record the 6 immigration status of any person who seeks any form of assistance from 7 the agency or reports any occurrence to the agency. The provisions of 8 this section shall not apply to any person charged with or convicted of 9 a crime. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 11 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00063-01-7
