New York A 518: Prohibits the possession and transport of certain animals and body parts thereof at airports and port facilities owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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A00518 Summary:

BILL NOA00518 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00811

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §170-h, Exec L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.6584-C & A.6219-B)

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Requires separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups in NYS.

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BILL NOA00518 

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/13/2025reported referred to rules

01/14/2025reported 

01/14/2025rules report cal.11

01/14/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.11

02/11/2025substituted by s811

&nbspS00811 AMEND= GIANARIS

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.85

&nbsp01/28/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/28/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp02/11/2025substituted for a518

&nbsp02/11/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.11

&nbsp02/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/11/2025returned to senate

&nbsp02/12/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/14/2025SIGNED CHAP.93

Go to topA00518 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Chair:McDonald 
DATE:01/13/2025AYE/NAY:12/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules McDonaldAyeBeephanAye

GlickAyeSimpsonAye

KimAyeNovakhovNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

WilliamsAye

RagaAye

SimoneAye

ShimskyAye

KassayAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:20/9 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA00518 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 518

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the collection of
 certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards,
 departments and commissions; and to amend a chapter of the laws of
 2024 amending the executive law relating to the collection of certain
 demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments
 and commissions, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6584-C
 and A. 6219-B, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 170-h of the executive law, as added by a chapter
 2 of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relating to the
 3 collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies,
 4 boards, departments and commissions, as proposed in legislative bills
 5 numbers S. 6584-C and A. 6219-B, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 170-h. Additional collection of demographic information. 1. Every
 7 state agency, board, department, or commission that directly collects
 8 demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the
 9 state of New York shall use separate collection categories and tabu-
 10 lations for the [White group] following Middle Eastern and North African
 11 groups in New York state[, including the following Middle Eastern or
 12 North African groups in New York state]:
 13 (a) Each major North African (NA) group[, including, but not limited
 14 to,] shall include Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, Sudanese, Tunisian, and
 15 Libyan; and
 16 (b) Each major Middle Eastern (ME) group[, including, but not limited
 17 to,] shall include Yemeni, Iranian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Israe-
 18 li, Jordanian, Syrian, Armenian, and Saudi; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02855-01-5

 A. 518 2

 1 (c) [Other Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) groups, including,
 2 but not limited to, transnational indigenous MENA communities like
 3 Amazigh and Syriac