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NY S08523

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Luis Sepulveda

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits state officers and employees from inquiring about an individual's immigration status unless necessary to determine program or benefit eligibility or required by law

  • Bars state officers and employees, including law enforcement, from disclosing information to federal immigration authorities for civil immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant or order

  • Restricts law enforcement officers from inquiring about immigration status unless investigating illegal activity where status is relevant, with explicit protections for crime victims and witnesses

  • Prohibits law enforcement from using state resources to detect or apprehend individuals suspected only of civil immigration violations, and bars police action solely based on undocumented status

  • Requires federal immigration authorities to present a judicial warrant or order to execute civil arrests within state facilities, unless the arrest relates to a proceeding within that facility

Legislative Description

Protects New Yorkers from unnecessary inquiry into immigration status by state agencies, employees, or departments and restricts the access of federal immigration authorities' to state buildings.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes1/7/2026
Rules10/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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