New York Assembly Bill 2619 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - referred to social services
Pending: Assembly Social Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enacts the access for new Americans act; directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to implement an access for new Americans program; describes such program as including, civic and English classes, assistance with immigration requirements and related legal services, language translation services, employment referrals, and other related services; and provides such program shall be funded through grants distributed by the office of temporary and disability assistance as appropriated to such office for such program.

Enacts the access for new Americans act; directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to implement an access for new Americans program; describes such program as including, civic and English classes, assistance with immigration requirements and related legal services, language translation services, employment referrals, and other related services; and provides such program shall be funded through grants distributed by the office of temporary and disability assistance as appropriated to such office for such program.

Asm. Rhoda Jacobs [D]	Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]	Asm. Barbara Clark [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]
Asm. Vito Lopez [D]	Asm. Edward Ra [R]	Asm. James Brennan [D]	Asm. Steven Cymbrowitz [D]
Asm. David Gantt [D]	Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Dov Hikind [D]
Asm. Peter Rivera [D]	Asm. Annette Robinson [D]	Asm. Robert Sweeney [D]	Asm. Darryl Towns [D]
Asm. Harvey Weisenberg [D]	Asm. Keith Wright [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-04	Assembly	referred to social services
2011-01-19	Assembly	referred to social services

S03876 (Same As) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02619&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02619&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02619