Bill Commons

NY A 8238

in committee

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies and requires state agencies to maintain records and to submit an annual report on language services

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8238 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8238 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 8238 about?

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; requires state agency to submit an annual report on language services.

Who sponsors NY A 8238?

Philip Ramos is the primary sponsor of NY A 8238.

Description

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; requires state agency to submit an annual report on language services.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Philip Ramosprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-05

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8635not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1753not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3015not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3321not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4737

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8238?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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