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A2332 • 2025

Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages

Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sam Berger
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Passed Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages

Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state, based on data in the most recent American Community Survey published by the United States Census Bureau.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state, based on data in the most recent American Community Survey published by the United States Census Bureau.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-29 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S5807A

  2. 2026-04-29 Senate

    3RD READING CAL.710

  3. 2026-04-29 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-04-29 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-03-11 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-03-11 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-03-11 Senate

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

  8. 2026-01-07 Senate

    DIED IN SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  10. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.85

  11. 2025-05-20 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-05-20 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  13. 2025-05-20 Senate

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

  14. 2025-05-01 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.109

  15. 2025-04-29 Assembly

    REPORTED

  16. 2025-04-21 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO SOCIAL SERVICES

  17. 2025-04-21 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 2332B

  18. 2025-02-26 Assembly

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO SOCIAL SERVICES

  19. 2025-02-26 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 2332A

  20. 2025-01-16 Assembly

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Official Summary Text

Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages
Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state, based on data in the most recent American Community Survey published by the United States Census Bureau.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2332

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Social Services

        AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring any
          website or mobile application associated with  an  electronic  benefit
          transfer system to be offered in Chinese

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 21-a of the  social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3.  (A) ANY COMPANION WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN
     4  ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION
     5  THAT  IS  ACCESSIBLE  BY  BENEFIT  RECIPIENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN
     6  CHINESE.
     7    (B) ANY COMPANION WEBSITE OR MOBILE  APPLICATION  ASSOCIATED  WITH  AN
     8  ELECTRONIC  BENEFIT TRANSFER SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
     9  THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY BENEFIT RECIPIENTS SHALL PROVIDE  FOR  THE  TRANS-
    10  LATION  OF  ANY  DOCUMENTS  MADE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON SUCH COMPANION
    11  WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION IN CHINESE.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    14  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    15  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    16  on or before such effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05621-01-5