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S441 • 2025

Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities

Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Zellnor Myrie
Last action
2026-04-28
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities

Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities.

What This Bill Does

  • Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-28 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-04-28 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-04-28 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

  4. 2026-04-27 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-04-22 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-04-21 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.789

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

  10. 2025-06-11 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  11. 2025-06-11 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1795

  12. 2025-06-11 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  13. 2025-06-11 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  14. 2025-06-11 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

  15. 2025-06-06 Senate

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

  16. 2025-06-06 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 441A

  17. 2025-01-08 Senate

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Official Summary Text

Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities
Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities.

Current Bill Text

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

                                           441

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to including  speakers  of
          Haitian Creole as language minorities

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

     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 5-a of section 17-204 of the election law,  as
     2  added by chapter 226 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     3    5-a.  "Language minorities" or "language-minority group" means persons
     4  who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan  Natives,  SPEAKERS  OF
     5  HAITIAN  CREOLE,  or  of  Spanish  heritage.  "LANGUAGE  MINORITIES"  OR
     6  "LANGUAGE-MINORITY GROUP" SHALL ALSO MEAN PERSONS OF MIDDLE  EASTERN  OR
     7  NORTH  AFRICAN  HERITAGE  AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
     8  AND BUDGET'S STATISTICAL POLICY DIRECTIVE FIFTEEN.
     9    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01724-01-5