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A02435 Summary:

BILL NOA02435
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00791
 
SPONSORCruz
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §29-b, Veterans' Services L (as proposed in S.8119-C & A.8837-C)
 
Clarifies certain provisions of the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program.
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A02435 Actions:

BILL NOA02435
 
01/16/2025referred to veterans' affairs
01/22/2025reported referred to rules
01/22/2025reported
01/22/2025rules report cal.63
01/22/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.63
02/03/2025passed assembly
02/03/2025delivered to senate
02/03/2025REFERRED TO RULES
02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S791
02/05/20253RD READING CAL.65
02/05/2025PASSED SENATE
02/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
02/12/2025delivered to governor
02/14/2025signed chap.69
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A02435 Committee Votes:

VETERANS' AFFAIRS Chair:Stern DATE:01/22/2025AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules
SternAyeManktelowAye
HunterAyeMorinelloAye
Pheffer AmatoAyeHawleyAye
JonesAyeSmullenAye
ButtenschonAyeAngelinoAye
RajkumarAye
SeptimoAye
BurdickAye
EachusAye
BergerAye
GriffinAye
KayAye
O'PharrowExcused
SchiavoniAye

RULES Chair:Glick DATE:01/22/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable
HeastieExcusedBarclayAye
PretlowAyeHawleyAye
CookAyeBlankenbushAye
GlickAyeRaAye
DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye
ColtonAyePalmesanoAye
MagnarelliAyeReillyAye
PaulinAyeSmithAye
Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye
BenedettoAye
LavineAye
LupardoAye
BraunsteinAye
DavilaExcused
HyndmanAye
RozicAye
BronsonAye
HevesiAye
HunterAye
TaylorAye
CruzAye
VanelAye

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A02435 Floor Votes:

DATE:02/03/2025Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 147/0
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll P
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Slater
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Carroll RC
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Bailey
Yes
Chang
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Chludzinski
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Clark
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gray
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Berger
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Griffin
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Taylor
ER
Blankenbush
Yes
Dais
ER
Hevesi
ER
McDonough
Yes
Romero
Yes
Torres
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hooks
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Valdez
Yes
Bologna
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bores
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Schiavoni
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes ‡
DiPietro
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Molitor
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Wieder
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jones
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Sempolinski
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brown EA
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Kassay
Yes
Norber
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Kay
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Wright
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Kelles
Yes
O'Pharrow
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Yeger
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burroughs
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lasher
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simone
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A02435 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2435
 
SPONSOR: Cruz
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of Chapter 625 of the Laws of 2024, which established the Alex R. Jimenez New York Military Immigrant Family Program.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would: * clarify the definition of "intended recipients" of the Alex R. Jime- nez New York Military Immigrant Family Program to specifically include spouses, parents, and children of a uniformed service member, veteran, or reserve component member as well as the next-of-kin of such service members and veterans requesting a grant of posthumous U.S. citizenship on their behalf; * modify the responsibilities of the Office for New Americans (ONA) with respect to implementing the Program; * require the Department of Veterans' Services, the Division of Military and Naval Affairs, and ONA not to retain, disclose, disseminate, or otherwise publish or make available personally identifying information provided by the intended recipients; and, * modify the reporting obligations of Program liaisons to include an annual report of the number of intended recipients to ONA through the Program.   JUSTIFICATION: Army Staff Sergeant Alex R. Jimenez was killed while serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Chapter 625 of the Laws of 2024 created the Alex R. Jimenez New York State Military Immigrant Family Legacy Program. This chapter amendment, which is a negotiated revision to Chapter 623 of the Laws of 2024, contains proposed changes that were requested by the Executive to help ensure easier Program implementation.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the State.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the veterans' services law, the military law, and the executive law relating to establishing the Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8119-C and
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A02435 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2435
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Veterans' Affairs
 
        AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to the  Alex  R.
          Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 29-b of the veterans' services law, as added  by  a
     2  chapter  of  the  laws  of 2024 amending the veterans' services law, the
     3  military law, and the executive law relating to establishing the Alex R.
     4  Jimenez New York state military  immigrant  family  legacy  program,  as
     5  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8119-C and A. 8837-C, is renum-
     6  bered section 29-d and is amended to read as follows:
     7    §  29-d.  Staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immi-
     8  grant family legacy program. 1. For the purposes of  this  section,  the
     9  following terms shall have the following meanings:
    10    (a)  "Uniformed service member" shall mean a member of the army, navy,
    11  air force, space force, marine corps, coast guard, public health service
    12  commissioned corps, or national oceanic and  atmospheric  administration
    13  commissioned officer corps serving on active duty.
    14    (b)  "The program" shall mean the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez mili-
    15  tary immigrant family legacy program.
    16    (c) "Liaison" shall mean an employee of the office for  new  Americans
    17  designated  by the director of the office for new Americans, an employee
    18  of the division of military and naval affairs designated by the adjutant
    19  general, [or] and an  employee  of  the  department  designated  by  the
    20  commissioner,  to  serve  as  a military immigrant family legacy program
    21  liaison pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
    22    (d) "Veteran" shall have the same meaning as such term is  defined  in
    23  section  one  of  this article and shall also include any veteran with a
    24  qualifying condition, as defined in section one of this article, and has
    25  received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02723-01-5

        A. 2435                             2
 
     1  service,  or  is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of
     2  this article, and has received a discharge other  than  bad  conduct  or
     3  dishonorable from such service.
     4    (e) "Intended recipients" shall mean uniformed service members, veter-
     5  ans, reserve component members and their [family members] spouse, domes-
     6  tic  partner,  mother,  father,  stepmother,  stepfather, mother through
     7  adoption, father through adoption, or children, stepchildren, or adopted
     8  children. The term "intended recipients" shall also include the next-of-
     9  kin of an eligible uniformed service member, veteran or  reserve  compo-
    10  nent  member  who  died  as a result of injury or disease incurred in or
    11  aggravated by their service in the uniformed services, making a  request
    12  for  the  grant  of  posthumous  U.S.    citizenship  on  behalf of such
    13  uniformed service member, veteran or reserve component member.
    14    (f) "Reserve component members" shall mean those serving in  the  army
    15  reserve,  navy  reserve,  marine corps reserve, the army national guard,
    16  the air national guard, or reserve corps of the  public  health  service
    17  during  the  time  the unit was federally recognized as a reserve compo-
    18  nent.
    19    2. There is hereby established within the office for new Americans the
    20  staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state military immigrant  family
    21  legacy  program.   The commissioner and adjutant general shall designate
    22  one or more staff as liaisons to the office for new Americans who  shall
    23  refer any intended recipient[, alive or deceased,] in need of assistance
    24  with  an immigration matter to the office for new Americans.  The office
    25  for new Americans shall designate one or more staff to be liaisons  with
    26  the  department and the division of military and naval affairs who shall
    27  [receive and] coordinate such referrals  from  the  department  and  the
    28  division  of  military  and  naval  affairs and [secure legal assistance
    29  under existing office for new  Americans  legal  services  for  intended
    30  recipients] ensure the intended recipient is referred to existing office
    31  for  new  Americans programs, including, but not limited to, immigration
    32  legal service programs delivered by  partnering  community  organization
    33  and  immigration counsel. The primary purpose of the program shall be to
    34  assist intended recipients to secure legal  immigration  status  in  the
    35  United States, including but not limited to, citizenship.
    36    3.  The [duties of the liaisons at the] office for new Americans shall
    37  [include] have the responsibility to:
    38    (a) [assisting]  refer  intended  recipients[,  who  may  qualify  for
    39  adjustment  of  status,  special  immigration status through the federal
    40  Parole in Place program authorized by section 1758 of the 2020  National
    41  Defense  Authorization  Act,  or  any  other sort of immigration relief,
    42  including relief that can lead to citizenship, in securing legal  repre-
    43  sentation  or  consultation  by  qualified immigration attorneys or duly
    44  authorized board of immigration appeals representatives as may be neces-
    45  sary to obtain such relief] in matters related to immigration status, to
    46  service providers.
    47    (b) [serving] serve as liaison [between] for the  department  and  the
    48  division  of  military and naval affairs, [the United States citizenship
    49  and immigration services, the  United  States  immigration  and  customs
    50  enforcement,  the  United  States  department  of  veterans affairs, the
    51  United States department of defense,] local veterans' service  agencies,
    52  state  agencies,  community  groups,  advocates,  and other veterans and
    53  military organizations and interested parties for the purpose of coordi-
    54  nating efforts to provide access to  immigration  [relief]  services  to
    55  intended recipients as specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.

        A. 2435                             3
 
     1    (c)  [consulting  with qualified immigration attorneys or duly author-
     2  ized board of immigration appeals approved representatives to facilitate
     3  such coordination with the United  States  citizenship  and  immigration
     4  services or other appropriate agency.
     5    (d) advocating for intended recipients.
     6    (e)  developing and maintaining a clearinghouse for]  maintain a toll-
     7  free, multi-lingual hotline and website for purposes including, but  not
     8  limited  to,  disseminating  information  and  resources relating to the
     9  program as well as other federal, state, local and  non-profit  programs
    10  that may offer assistance to intended recipients in immigration matters.
    11    [(f)  promoting events and activities that educate and assist intended
    12  recipients, including but not limited to, veteran human  rights  confer-
    13  ences, veterans benefit and resources events.
    14    (g) developing information to be made available to]
    15    (d)  coordinate  with  the department and the division of military and
    16  naval affairs and otherwise marshal the resources of the state to  serve
    17  the needs of intended recipients.
    18    (e) share information about the program with congressionally chartered
    19  veterans'  organizations,  and  local  veterans'  service  agencies  [to
    20  provide a general overview of the program, including but not limited to,
    21  its purpose and the eligibility requirements for adjustment  of  status,
    22  citizenship, or any other form of available relief.
    23    (h)  preparing yearly reports on topics, including but not limited to,
    24  the demographics of intended recipients residing in the state, including
    25  the number of such intended recipients by county,  an  estimate  of  how
    26  many  may  be  eligible  for naturalization, and the unique needs of the
    27  intended recipients within New York state to the commissioner, the adju-
    28  tant general of the division of  military  and  naval  affairs  and  the
    29  office for new Americans].
    30    4.  The liaisons appointed pursuant to subdivision two of this section
    31  shall jointly [submit  a]  report  the  number  of  intended  recipients
    32  referred  to  the  office  for  new Americans through the program to the
    33  commissioner[, the adjutant general and the director of the  office  for
    34  new  Americans] on January first each year following the first full year
    35  after the effective date of this section. [Such  report  shall  include,
    36  but  not  be limited to, a description and evaluation of the program and
    37  the liaisons' activities for the preceding calendar year, and the number
    38  of intended recipients aided by the program, as well as any  recommenda-
    39  tions  for future programmatic changes.] The [director of the office for
    40  new Americans] commissioner shall submit the report to the governor  and
    41  the  legislature  [in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (n) of
    42  subdivision five of section ninety-four-b of the executive law] by March
    43  first of each year.
    44    5. For the purposes of this program, personally  identifying  informa-
    45  tion  provided  by intended recipients shall not be retained, disclosed,
    46  disseminated, or otherwise published or made available  by  the  depart-
    47  ment,  the division of military and naval affairs, or the office for new
    48  Americans.
    49    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    50  manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the veterans' services
    51  law, the military law, and the executive law  relating  to  establishing
    52  the  Alex  R.    Jimenez New York state military immigrant family legacy
    53  program, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.  8119-C  and  A.
    54  8837-C, takes effect.
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