NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2466

Senate Bill S2466

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to guidance to facilities and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions with federal immigration authorities

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2025-S2466 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §94-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S5345
2021-2022: S2197
2023-2024: S746

2025-S2466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to guidance to facilities and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions with Federal immigration authorities.

2025-S2466 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2466

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to guidance to facilities
and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions with Federal
immigration authorities

 
PURPOSE::

To ensure that facilities and programs that are overseen by state agen-
cies receive accurate guidance on how to respond to requests by Federal
immigration authorities for access to individuals who are residents or
participants in such facilities or programs or for records or other
information pertaining to such persons.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Section 1: Adds a new paragraph (q) to subdivision 5 of Executive Law §
94-b to make it a power and responsibility of the Office for New Ameri-
cans (ONA) to assist state agencies in the preparation of guidance to be

disseminated to facilities and programs overseen by such agencies
concerning inquiries from Federal immigration authorities seeking access
to individuals residing or participating in such facilities or programs,
or to records or other information regarding such persons.

Section 2: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

This bill would assist facilities and programs that are overseen by
state agencies to better understand their legal responsibilities regard-
ing requests by Federal immigration authorities for access to residents
or program participants or for records or other information on such
persons. In 2024, the State Education Commissioner and Attorney General
issued guidance to school districts on how to respond to requests by
immigration authorities for information on students. Similar guidance
should be made available to facilities and programs that operate under
the auspices of other state agencies.

For example, it was reported in 2017 that immigration agents in Texas
detained an asylum seeker in a hospital awaiting surgery for a brain
tumor.

They allegedly refused to let her speak to her family and ordered the
hospital to remove her name from the patient list.  In New York, guid-
ance would help a health care facility determine how to proceed in such
a case to avoid a violation of the patient's rights under our state law
and regulations.

This bill provides for the Office of New Americans, which has expertise
in immigration-related matters, to assist state agencies in developing
accurate guidance to be disseminated to facilities and programs under
their jurisdiction that may need it. This will help ensure that these
entities are not exposed to legal liability by abetting abusive and
unauthorized practices.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
S.746 of 2023-2024; Referred to Finance;

S.2197 of 2021-22, Referred to Finance;

S.5345 of 2019-20, Referred to Finance;

A.7932  of 2017-18, Referred to Governmental Operations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S2466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2466
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SEPULVEDA, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to guidance to facilities
   and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions  with  Federal
   immigration authorities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (o) and (p) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b  of
 the  executive  law,  as  added  by chapter 625 of the laws of 2024, are
 amended and a new paragraph (q) is added to read as follows:
   (o) Encourage the development of and provide for the establishment  of
 a state military immigrant family legacy program liaison, as provided in
 section twenty-nine-b of the veterans' services law; [and]
   (p)  Request individuals seeking assistance from the office answer the
 following questions: "Have you served in the  United  States  military?"
 "Has  someone  in  your  family  served  in the United States military?"
 Individuals identifying themselves  or  a  family  member  as  "intended
 recipients"  of  the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state mili-
 tary immigrant family legacy program as such term is  defined  in  para-
 graph  (e)  of subdivision one of section twenty-nine-b of the veterans'
 services law, shall be advised of such program. In addition, such  indi-
 viduals  shall be informed that the department of veterans' services and
 local veterans' service agencies established pursuant to section  seven-
 teen  of  the  veterans'  services  law  provide assistance to uniformed
 service members, veterans and their families regarding  benefits  avail-
 able  under  federal  and  state law. Information regarding veterans and
 military status provided by assisted individuals shall be  protected  as
 personal  confidential material, and used only to identify such individ-
 uals as "intended recipients" of the staff sergeant Alex R.  Jimenez New
 York State military immigrant family legacy program, and to assist  such
 individuals  in  matters relating to immigration status and citizenship,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06449-01-5

 S. 2466                             2
 
 and in  referring  such  individuals  to  the  department  of  veterans'
 services or local veterans' service agencies for information and assist-
 ance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and state
 law[.]; AND
   (Q) ASSIST STATE AGENCIES IN THE PREPARATION OF GUIDANCE TO BE DISSEM-
 INATED  TO  FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS OVERSEEN BY SUCH AGENCIES CONCERNING
 INQUIRIES FROM FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES SEEKING ACCESS  TO  INDI-
 VIDUALS  RESIDING OR PARTICIPATING IN SUCH FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS, OR TO
 RECORDS OR OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING SUCH PERSONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect  immediately;  provided,  however,  if
 chapter 625 of the laws of 2024 has not yet taken effect then the amend-
 ments  to paragraphs (o) and (p) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b of the
 executive law made by section one of this act shall take effect  on  the
 same  date  and  in  the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2024
 takes effect.

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Luis R. Sepúlveda