NY State Senate Bill 2025-S3893

Senate Bill S3893

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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Jan 30, 2025	referred to housing, construction and community development

2025-S3893 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Housing
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S1127
2013-2014: S3218
2015-2016: S1537
2017-2018: S3639
2019-2020: S4748
2021-2022: S5015
2023-2024: S5220

2025-S3893 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to prescribe for the translation of legal forms and applications in languages other than English, as long as such language is spoken by at least one percent of the population.

2025-S3893 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3893

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to authorize the commissioner of the division of housing and
community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To provide that some legal forms of the housing division also be
distributed in languages other than English.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: The commissioner of the division of housing and community
renewal is authorized to prescribe for legal forms and applications to
be translated into Spanish and any other languages as such commissioner
deems appropriate, as long as such language is spoken by at least one
percent of the population.

Section 2: This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it

shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is necessary to protect those in the state of New York who
cannot read in the English language. It will help them better understand
the forms needed to obtain proper housing.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24:S5220 -Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Develop-
ment

2021-22: S5015 - Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Devel-
opment

2019-20: S.4748 - Referred to Housing

2017-18: S.3639 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVEL-
OPMENT

2015-16: SA537 - Referred to Housing

2013-14: S.3218 - Referred to Housing

2011-12: S.1127- Referred to Housing

2009-10: S.293/A.4520 - Referred to Housing

2007-08: A.4629 -Referred to Housing

2005-06: A.3941-Referred to Housing

2003-04: A.5362 -Referred Housing
2002-03: A.10449- Referred to Housing

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2025-S3893 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3893
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  commissioner of the division of housing and
   community renewal to prescribe certain forms in different languages

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The commissioner of the division of housing and community
 renewal is authorized to prescribe for legal forms and  applications  to
 be  translated into Spanish and any other languages as such commissioner
 deems appropriate, as long as such language is spoken by  at  least  one
 percent  of  the  population. Such commissioner shall further cause such
 translated forms and applications to be prepared,  printed  and  dissem-
 inated.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06440-01-5

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