New York A 8891: Relates to requiring at least one member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person

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A08891 Summary:

BILL NOA08891 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00441-A

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §17-204, El L

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Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities.

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BILL NOA08891 

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06/10/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8891

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to including speakers of
 Haitian Creole and persons of Middle Eastern or North African heritage
 as language minorities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5-a of section 17-204 of the election law, as
 2 added by chapter 226 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 3 5-a. "Language minorities" or "language-minority group" means persons
 4 who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, speakers of
 5 Haitian Creole, or of Spanish heritage. "Language minorities" or
 6 "language-minority group" shall also mean persons of Middle Eastern or
 7 North African heritage as defined by the federal office of management
 8 and budget's statistical policy directive fifteen.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 10 law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01724-03-5

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