Bill Text: NY S07703 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7703 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Expands the functions of the chief administrator of the courts to include the compilation of certain data with respect to race/ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability status by specific jurisdiction; requires submission of an annual report of his or her findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-11 - SIGNED CHAP.273 [S07703 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07703-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7703

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 10, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to  expanding  the  func-
          tions of the chief administrator of the courts to include the compila-
          tion  of  certain  data  with  respect to ethnicity, race, disability,
          veteran status, gender, gender identity,  and  sexual  orientation  by
          specific  jurisdiction and submit an annual report of his or her find-
          ings

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  212  of the judiciary law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (y) to read as follows:
     3    (y) Collect, compile, and publish  statistics  and  other  demographic
     4  data  provided in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and
     5  submit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of March, to the  legis-
     6  lature and the governor a report of his or her findings.
     7    (i) The chief administrator shall annually request that each judge and
     8  justice of the state-paid courts of the unified court system disclose to
     9  the  office  of  court  administration  information  as  to  his  or her
    10  race/ethnicity,  sex,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity,   veteran
    11  status,  and  disability status. Compliance with this request by a judge
    12  or justice shall be entirely voluntary; and any information disclosed to
    13  the office of court administration may only be released publicly in  the
    14  form  of aggregated statistical data that does not identify a justice or
    15  judge.
    16    (ii) The report required by  this  paragraph  shall  include  separate
    17  charts showing the race/ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden-
    18  tity, disability status and veteran status of:
    19    (A)    all responding judges and justices of the unified court system,
    20  including sub-charts  for  all  elected  judges  and  justices  and  all
    21  appointed judges and justices by appointing authority;
    22    (B) all responding judges of the court of appeals;
    23    (C)  all responding justices of the appellate division, including sub-
    24  charts for appellate division justices in each appellate department;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14981-04-0

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     1    (D) all responding justices of the supreme court, including sub-charts
     2  for supreme court justices elected in each judicial district;
     3    (E) all responding judges of the court of claims;
     4    (F) all responding justices of the surrogate's court;
     5    (G) all responding judges of the county courts;
     6    (H) all responding judges of the district courts, including sub-charts
     7  for each district court;
     8    (I)  all  responding  judges of the family court, including sub-charts
     9  for family court judges appointed in New  York  city  and  family  court
    10  judges elected outside New York city;
    11    (J) all responding judges of the New York city civil court;
    12    (K) all responding judges of the New York city criminal court;
    13    (L) all responding judges of the city courts, including sub-charts for
    14  city  court  judges  who  are  appointed  and  city court judges who are
    15  elected; and
    16    (M) all responding judges of the New York city housing court.
    17    (iv) The report required by this paragraph  shall  use  the  following
    18  ethnic  and  racial categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian,
    19  Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or  other
    20  Pacific  Islander,  White,  some  other race, and more than one race, as
    21  those categories are defined by the  United  States  Census  Bureau  for
    22  reporting purposes.
    23    (v)  The demographic data reported, disclosed, or released pursuant to
    24  this subdivision shall also indicate the percentage of  respondents  who
    25  declined to respond.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.