Bill Text: NY S02197 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to guidance to facilities and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions with federal immigration authorities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02197 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02197-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2197

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to guidance to facilities
          and  programs  overseen by state agencies on interactions with Federal
          immigration authorities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b of
     2  the executive law, as added by chapter 206 of  the  laws  of  2014,  are
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (m)  Encourage  and  assist  local  governments  in the development of
     5  activities to enhance civic engagement among immigrants and in immigrant
     6  communities; [and]
     7    (n) Assist state agencies in the preparation of guidance to be dissem-
     8  inated to facilities and programs overseen by such  agencies  concerning
     9  inquiries  from  Federal immigration authorities seeking access to indi-
    10  viduals residing or participating in such facilities or programs, or  to
    11  records or other information regarding such persons; and
    12    (o) Beginning in two thousand fifteen, by June fifteenth of each year,
    13  produce  a  report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the
    14  temporary president of the  senate  describing  the  activities  of  the
    15  office, including but not limited to, summarizing calls received through
    16  the  hotline and website, information on ESOL training services provided
    17  by the office, the number of immigrants assisted through the opportunity
    18  centers, or an estimation thereof, the status of any workforce  develop-
    19  ment programs, and any other relevant information.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04504-01-1