Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 15, 2010 |
print number 1055b |
Jan 15, 2010 |
amend and recommit to governmental operations |
Jan 12, 2010 |
committed to governmental operations |
Jan 06, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.94 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jul 16, 2009 |
committed to rules |
May 12, 2009 |
3rd reading cal.266 substituted for s4460 |
Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to investigations and government operations delivered to senate passed assembly |
Apr 21, 2009 |
amended on third reading 1055a |
Mar 12, 2009 |
advanced to third reading cal.211 |
Mar 10, 2009 |
reported |
Mar 04, 2009 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A1055
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DESTITO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-A1055 - Details
2009-A1055 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1055 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DESTITO, GALEF, EDDINGTON, P. RIVERA, HOYT, LATIMER, ALFANO, SCHROEDER, ENGLEBRIGHT, N. RIVERA, GABRYSZAK, BALL, ESPAILLAT, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ALESSI, BARRA, BENJAMIN, BING, BOYLAND, CAHILL, CHRISTENSEN, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, GUNTHER, HIKIND, JOHN, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McENENY, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, RAMOS, SAYWARD, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- natory practices against domestic violence victims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows: 34. THE TERM "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS OR IS PERCEIVED BY THE ACTOR TO BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, OR STALKING AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE PENAL LAW. S 2. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 2-a of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows: (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with- hold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, sex, marital status, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM STATUS, or familial status of such person or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available. (b) To discriminate against any person because of his or her race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, military EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Peter Rivera
Sam Hoyt
George Latimer
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Marc Alessi
Robert Barra
Michael Benjamin
2009-A1055A - Details
2009-A1055A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1055--A Cal. No. 211 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DESTITO, GALEF, P. RIVERA, HOYT, LATIMER, ALFANO, SCHROEDER, ENGLEBRIGHT, N. RIVERA, GABRYSZAK, BALL, ESPAILLAT, KAVANAGH, ROSENTHAL, COLTON, JAFFEE, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ALESSI, BARRA, BENJAMIN, BING, BOYLAND, CAHILL, CHRISTENSEN, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HIKIND, JOHN, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McENENY, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PHEFFER, RAMOS, SAYWARD, SKARTADOS, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- natory practices against domestic violence victims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows: 34. THE TERM "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM", WHEN USED IN THIS ARTICLE, MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A VICTIM OF AN ACT WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE A FAMILY OFFENSE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT. S 2. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 2-a of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows: (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with- hold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, sex, marital status, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM STATUS, or familial status of such person or persons, or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Peter Rivera
Sam Hoyt
George Latimer
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Marc Alessi
Robert Barra
Michael Benjamin
2009-A1055B (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A1055B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A1055B TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discriminatory practices against domestic violence victims PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To protect domestic violence victims from housing discrimination based on their status as a victim. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill amends Executive Law §296 (the Human Rights Law) to add domestic violence victim status to the list of bases that may not lawfully be relied on when denying an individual the right to purchase, rent, lease or inhabit housing accommodation. JUSTIFICATION: Homelessness among domestic violence is a significant problem, which can prevent such victims, who are primarily women, from stabilizing their lives, and the lives of their children and other dependents. While homelessness can result from a number of factors, in a 1999 publication the United State Conference of Mayors identified domestic violence as a significant cause of homelessness. In a 1999 study conducted by the National Resource Center. on Domestic Violence,. 67% of domestic violence service providers identified housing discrimination as a barrier to battered women seeking alternative housing. Battered women who cannot find a place to live may be forced to return to their abusers. Landlords and sellers of property should not be permitted to discriminate against domestic
2009-A1055B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1055--B 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DESTITO, GALEF, P. RIVERA, HOYT, LATIMER, ALFANO, SCHROEDER, ENGLEBRIGHT, N. RIVERA, GABRYSZAK, BALL, ESPAILLAT, KAVANAGH, ROSENTHAL, COLTON, JAFFEE, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ALESSI, BARRA, BENJAMIN, BING, BOYLAND, CAHILL, CHRISTENSEN, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HIKIND, JOHN, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McENENY, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PHEFFER, RAMOS, SAYWARD, SKARTADOS, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Oper- ations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- natory practices against domestic violence victims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 2-a of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows: (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with- hold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, sex, marital status, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM STATUS, or familial status of such person or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation or land is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available. (b) To discriminate against any person because of his or her race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, military EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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