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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Mar 07, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S5090
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2017-S5090 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Legislature
- Laws Affected:
- Add §XXXII-a, Chap 137 of 1817
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S5646, S4738
2011-2012: S1374
2013-2014: S1272
2015-2016: S2462
2019-2020: S2220
2021-2022: S3387
2023-2024: S1431
2017-S5090 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5090 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend chapter 137 of the laws of 1817 relating to slaves and servants, in relation to acknowledging the tragedy of slavery in New York state PURPOSE : This bill acknowledges the tragedy of slavery in New York state and offers a formal apology from the State of New York for its role in perpetuating slavery. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. New York state government formally acknowledges and apologizes for the legalization and perpetuation of slavery and the slave trade in New York state. JUSTIFICATION : For more than two hundred years, slavery existed in what became New York state. New York state government not only legalized the enslavement of Africans and their descendants, but also enacted "slave codes," taxes on the sale of enslaved persons and fines payable to the local government or poor house administrators for violations of the "slave codes." In chapter 137 of the laws of 1 817, for example, New
2017-S5090 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5090 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 7, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend chapter 137 of the laws of 1817 relating to slaves and servants, in relation to acknowledging the tragedy of slavery in New York state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 137 of the laws of 1817 relating to slaves and servants is amended by adding a new section XXXII-a to read as follows: § XXXII-A. ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SLAVERY, THE TRANSATLANTIC AND THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE WERE APPALLING TRAGEDIES IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR ABHORRENT BARBARISM BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF THEIR MAGNITUDE, ORGANIZED NATURE AND ESPECIALLY THEIR NEGATION OF THE HUMANITY OF THE ENSLAVED PERSON. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE INSTITUTIONS OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN ENSLAVED PERSONS ARE NOW AND SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE BEEN CRIMES AGAINST THIS STATE AS WELL AS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FORMALLY APOLOGIZES FOR ITS ROLE IN SANCTIONING, EXPLOITING AND PERPETUATING SLAVERY AND ITS VESTIGES, INCLUDING THE ENACTMENT OF SLAVE CODES THAT CREATED THE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF CHILDREN, AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THEIR FAMILIES AS PERSONIFIED BY THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SOJOURNER TRUTH. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08270-01-7
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