Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 12, 2012 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 21, 2012 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to children and families |
Jan 10, 2011 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S1592
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
2011-S1592 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §360, rpld §106, Soc Serv L; amd §1305, Ab Prop L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S4140
2013-2014: S3269
2011-S1592 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1592 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to preventing housing discrimination against victims of domestic violence; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL: This bill would prohibit discrimination against victims of domestic violence in housing and certain other settings. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would amend Executive Law S 292 by revising subdivision 34 to better define the term "victim of domestic violence," Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the bill would amend various subdivisions of Executive Law S 296 to prohibit discrimination in housing and certain other settings, including public accommodations and education, on the basis of an individual's status as a victim of domestic violence. Section 6 of the bill would amend Executive Law S 296 by adding a new subdivision 22 to provide that a housing provider may inquire as to an individual's status as a victim of domestic violence. Section 7 of the bill would provide that it will become effective 90 days after enactment.
2011-S1592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1592 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law and the abandoned property law, in relation to powers of social services officials to receive and dispose of certain property and to repeal section 106 of the social services law, relating to powers of social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage, or lien THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 360 of the social services law, as added by chapter 722 of the laws of 1951, subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by section 92 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 909 of the laws of 1974 and subdivision 4 as amended by chap- ter 803 of the laws of 1959, is amended to read as follows: S 360. Real property of legally responsible relatives; deeds and mortgages may be required. [1.] The ownership of real property by an applicant or applicants, recipient or recipients who is or are legally responsible relatives of the child or children for whose benefit the application is made or the aid is granted, whether such ownership be individual or joint as tenants in common, tenants by the entirety or joint tenants, shall not preclude the granting of family assistance or the continuance thereof if he or they are without the necessary funds to maintain himself, herself or themselves and such child or children. [The social services official may, however, require, as a condition to the granting of aid or the continuance thereof, that he or she be given a deed of or a mortgage on such property in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred six. 2. However, while the property covered by the deed or mortgage is occupied, in whole or in part, by the responsible relative who gave such deed or mortgage to the social services official or, by a child for whose benefit the aid was granted the social services official shall not EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00995-01-1
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