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NY S 2538

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Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; repealer

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2538 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2538 is in committee as of 2026-05-18 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-18): DEFEATED IN CODES

What is NY S 2538 about?

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

Who sponsors NY S 2538?

Andrew J. Lanza is the primary sponsor of NY S 2538, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Description

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-18 — DEFEATED IN CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Andrew J. Lanzaprimary
  • Robert Orttcosponsor
  • George Borrellocosponsor
  • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrickcosponsor
  • Patrick M. Gallivancosponsor
  • Joseph A. Griffocosponsor
  • Pamela Helmingcosponsor
  • Mario Matteracosponsor
  • Dean Murraycosponsor
  • Peter Oberackercosponsor
  • Thomas F. O'Maracosponsor
  • Anthony H. Palumbocosponsor
  • Steve Rhoadscosponsor
  • Dan Steccosponsor
  • James Tediscocosponsor
  • William Webercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-21

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-13

    NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

  4. 2026-05-18

    DEFEATED IN CODES

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Codes Vote

    2026-05-18 · fail · 4-9

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: no
    • Jabari Brisport: no
    • Jeremy Cooney: no
    • Andrew Gounardes: no
    • Brian Kavanagh: no
    • Zellnor Myrie: no
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: no
    • Julia Salazar: no
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8533not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2262

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2538?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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