New York S 1066: Relates to providing access to services and law enforcement in certain immigration related matters

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S01066 Summary:

BILL NOS01066 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSERRANO

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COSPNSRBAILEY, COMRIE, GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, PARKER, PERSAUD, RIVERA,
 SANDERS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 15-AA §§319 - 319-h, Exec L; amd §35, Judy L

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Relates to providing access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters.

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BILL NOS01066 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1066

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, BAILEY, COMRIE, GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, PARKER, PERSAUD, RIVERA, SANDERS -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the judiciary law, in relation to
 access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration
 related matters; and to amend the judiciary law, in relation to
 compensation of legal counsel for certain matters

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 15-AA
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 15-AA
 4 ACCESS TO SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CERTAIN IMMIGRATION RELATED
 5 MATTERS
 6 Section 319. Definitions.
 7 319-a. Access to services, assistance and eligible benefits.
 8 319-b. Federal agencies to investigate and enforce federal
 9 immigration laws.
 10 319-c. Confidentiality of information.
 11 319-d. Custody of certain persons: bail and related pre-trial
 12 issues.
 13 319-e. Civil immigration detainers.
 14 319-f. Limitation on use of certain facilities.
 15 319-g. Legal representation.
 16 319-h. Effect on other laws.
 17 § 319. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms
 18 and phrases shall be defined as follows:
 19 1. "Agency" shall mean any state or municipal department, board,
 20 bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corpo-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00458-01-5

 S. 1066 2

 1 ration, council, office or other governmental entity performing a
 2 governmental or proprietary function for the state or any one or more
 3 municipalities thereof.
 4 2. "Agent" shall mean any officer, official, employee or volunteer
 5 working for, employed by or providing assistance to an agency.
 6 3. "Civil immigration detainer" shall mean an administrative request
 7 issued pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 287.7 or any similar request issued by an
 8 agency or agent of the United States for the detention of a person
 9 suspected of violating the immigration law of the United States.
 10 4. "Family or household member" shall mean a family or household
 11 member, as defined in subdivision two of section four hundred fifty-
 12 nine-a of the social services law.
 13 5. "Federal immigration authority" shall mean any officer, employee
 14 or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of the United States
 15 immigration and customs enforcement or any division thereof or any other
 16 officer, employee or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of
 17 the United States department of homeland security or any other federal
 18 entity who is charged with enforcement of the provisions of any federal
 19 immigration law.
 20 6. "Federal law" shall mean a provision of the Constitution of the
 21 United States, or a statute or similar provision approved by the
 22 Congress of the United States that has been enacted and taken effect.
 23 7. "Immigration status" or "immigration status information" shall mean
 24 immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual under the laws
 25 and regulations of the United States of America.
 26 8. "Judicial warrant" shall mean a warrant based on probable cause and
 27 issued by a judge serving pursuant to article three of the United States
 28 constitution or