A03385 Summary:
BILL NO | A03385A |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Dickens |
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COSPNSR | Santabarbara, Fall, Seawright |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§74-a & 103, Pub Off L | |
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Requires public officers and public bodies to make reasonable efforts to provide qualified interpreters at no charge for the hearing impaired at public meetings and hearings upon written request to the public officer responsible for the siting of such hearing; also requires installation and use of assistive listening devices. |
A03385 Actions:
BILL NO | A03385A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01/29/2019 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/25/2019 | amend and recommit to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/25/2019 | print number 3385a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/21/2019 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/21/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2019 | advanced to third reading cal.400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/29/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/29/2019 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/29/2019 | REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/29/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/29/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/29/2020 | REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE |
A03385 Committee Votes:
Titus | Aye | Johns | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Nay | Goodell | Nay | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Lalor | Nay | ||||||
Kim | Aye | Byrne | Nay | ||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Williams | Aye | ||||||||
Epstein | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Barclay | Nay | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Nay | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Hawley | Nay | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Blankenbush | Nay | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Nay | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Nay | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Excused | ||||||||
Ramos | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Miller | Aye | ||||||||
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A03385 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
No
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
ER
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
ER
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
No
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
No
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
ER
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
No
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
ER
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
No
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
No
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
ER
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
No
Norris
Yes
Rozic
No
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
No
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
No
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
No
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
ER
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
No
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
ER
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Raynor
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
ER
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
No
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
No
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
DeStefano
No
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Vanel
No
Brabenec
ER
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
ER
Rodriguez
No
Walczyk
Yes
Braunstein
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
ER
Romeo
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
ER
Burke
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
No
Buttenschon
Yes
Epstein
No
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
No
Byrne
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
No
Norris
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
No
Byrnes
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Santabarbara
No
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fernandez
ER
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Carroll
ER
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
No
Palmesano
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
No
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Seawright
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A03385 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A3385A SPONSOR: Dickens
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to the accessibility of public hearings and meetings   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To provide interpreters and assisted listening devices for deaf and hearing impaired individuals at public hearings and meetings.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends section 74-a of the Public Officers Law requiring the services of interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing be made available upon request of a deaf or hard of hearing individual at public hearings, as well as requiring certain hearing rooms to be equipped with assisted listening devices. The bill also amends section 103 of the Public Offi- cers Law to ensure the provision of interpreters at meetings conducted by public bodies, as well as requiring certain hearing rooms to be equipped with assisted listening devices.Provisions are included for the public body to not have to provide the services of an interpreter or assisted listening devices if such actions pose an undue hardship on the public body.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): The bill changes the term "hearing impaired" to "deaf of hard of hear- ing."   JUSTIFICATION: The services of interpreters, and assisted listening devices, for indi- viduals who are deaf or hearing impaired are essential if such persons are to fully participate in public hearings and meetings conducted by governmental bodies. Similar provisions exist for administrative rule making proceedings. Individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired who wish to attend such should be afforded every opportunity possible to fully engage with public bodies by participating at public hearings. Provisions are included in this bill allowing the public body to not have to engage in the services of a qualified interpreter, or provide assisted listening devices if doing so presents an undue hardship.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2018: A8158 - Passed Assembly 2017: A8158: referred to governmental operations 2015-2016: A.1669A - Passed Assembly 2013-2014: A.2826 - Passed Assembly 2011 - 2012: A.1932 - Passed Assembly 2009 - 2010: A.2102 - Passed Assembly 2009: A.637A - Passed Assembly   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Minor costs associated with the hiring of interpreters on a meeting per meeting basis, and with equipping hearing rooms with assisted listening devices.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.
A03385 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3385--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the accessibil- ity of public hearings and meetings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 74-a of the public officers law, as added by chap- 2 ter 368 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 74-a. Duty of public officers regarding [the physically handicapped] 4 accessibility. 1. It shall be the duty of each public officer responsi- 5 ble for the scheduling or siting of any public hearing to make reason- 6 able efforts to ensure (a) that such hearings are held in facilities 7 that permit barrier-free physical access to the physically handicapped, 8 as defined in subdivision five of section fifty of the public buildings 9 law; and (b) that services of a qualified interpreter, if available, are 10 provided at such public hearings at no charge to persons who are deaf or 11 hard of hearing upon written request to the public officer responsible 12 for the scheduling or siting of the public hearing within a reasonable 13 time prior to such hearing. If interpreter services are requested, the 14 public officer responsible for the scheduling or siting of the public 15 hearing shall engage the services of a qualified interpreter, if avail- 16 able, to interpret the proceeding to, and the testimony of such persons 17 who are deaf or hard of hearing; provided, however, that such action 18 does not impose an undue hardship on the public body holding such hear- 19 ing. 20 2. (a) On and after January first, two thousand twenty-two, such 21 public officers shall have the power and it shall be their individual 22 duty to equip any rooms used for public hearings which accommodate more 23 than one hundred persons with an assistive listening system for use by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02919-03-9A. 3385--A 2 1 the deaf or hard of hearing; provided, however, that such action does 2 not impose an undue hardship on the public body equipping such rooms. 3 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "assistive listening 4 system" shall mean situational-personal acoustic communication equipment 5 designed to improve the transmission and auditory reception of sound. 6 Such system shall include but not be limited to the use of standard 7 amplitude modulation (AM), frequency modulation (FM), audio induction 8 loop, infrared light sound, or hard wire systems. 9 § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 103 of the public officers law, as 10 added by chapter 40 of the laws of 2010, is relettered subdivision (g) 11 and two new subdivisions (h) and (i) are added to read as follows: 12 (h) Public bodies shall make or cause to be made all reasonable 13 efforts to ensure that services of a qualified interpreter, if avail- 14 able, are provided at meetings at no charge to persons who are deaf or 15 hard of hearing upon written request to the public body within a reason- 16 able time prior to such meeting. If interpreter services are requested, 17 the public body shall engage the services of a qualified interpreter, if 18 available, to interpret the proceedings of the meeting; provided, howev- 19 er, that such action does not impose an undue hardship on the public 20 body holding such meeting. 21 (i) (1) On and after January first, two thousand twenty-two, public 22 bodies shall have the power and it shall be their collective duty to 23 equip meeting rooms which accommodate more than one hundred persons with 24 an assistive listening system for use by the deaf or hard of hearing; 25 provided, however, that such action does not impose an undue hardship on 26 the public body equipping such rooms. 27 (2) For purposes of this section, the term "assistive listening 28 system" shall mean situational-personal acoustic communication equipment 29 designed to improve the transmission and auditory reception of sound. 30 Such system shall include but not be limited to the use of standard 31 amplitude modulation (AM), frequency modulation (FM), audio induction 32 loop, infrared light sound, or hard wire systems. 33 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.
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