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S 964: Provides that no state or local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, property, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national or ethnic origin.
What S 964 does, verified February 13, 2025
The bill aims to prohibit state and local agencies from using funds, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to investigate, enforce, or assist in enforcing federal programs requiring registration of individuals based on certain protected characteristics. These protected characteristics include race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or national or ethnic origin. The bill defines an "agency" as any state or municipal department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation, council, office, or other governmental entity performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state or municipalities. The bill takes effect immediately.
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| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 262 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 964 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BAILEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, SANDERS -- 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 prohibition on certain databases and registries 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 79-r to read as follows: 3 § 79-r. Prohibition on certain databases and registries. No state or 4 local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, prop- 5 erty, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or 6 provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal 7 program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database 8 of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual 9 orientation, religion, or national or ethnic origin. For the purposes 10 of this section, the term "agency" shall mean any state or municipal 11 department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public 12 authority, public corporation, council, office or other governmental 13 entity performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state 14 or any one or more municipalities thereof. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03209-01-5
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