Assembly Actions -
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Jun 23, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A11547
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CHRISTENSEN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Ann Rabbitt
Marcus Molinaro
David Townsend
Rory Lancman
2009-A11547 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A11547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11547 I N A S S E M B L Y June 23, 2010 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Christensen, Rabbitt, Errigo, Molinaro, Townsend, Crouch, Duprey, Giglio, Hawley, Oaks, Weisenberg) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to preventing workplace violence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Joanne's law". S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor law, as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: a. "Employer" means: (1) ANY PRIVATE OR NON-MUNICIPAL INDUSTRY, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR PROCESS; (2) the state; [(2)] (3) a political subdivision of the state, provided, however that this subdivision shall not mean any employer as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one-a of the educa- tion law; and [(3)] (4) a public authority, a public benefit corpo- ration, or any other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof. S 3. Section 27-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi- sion 7 to read as follows: 7. NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS OF CRIME PERPETRATORS. THE PROPER AUTHORI- TIES HAVING JURISDICTION OF A PERSON WHO HAS COMMITTED A CRIME IN A WORKPLACE SHALL NOTIFY THE FORMER EMPLOYER OF SAID PERSON OR THE WORK- PLACE WHERE HE OR SHE WAS EMPLOYED IF SAID PERSON IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION OR HAS VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF HIS OR HER PROBATION OR PAROLE. A WORKPLACE SHALL BE NOTIFIED ABOVE ONLY IF THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE EMPLOYER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFY- ING THE PROPER POLICE AGENCY OF THE COMMISSION OF SAID CRIME. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO THE RELEASE OF OR VIOLATION BY, AS STATED PREVI- OUSLY, AN EMPLOYEE OR A VISITOR TO THE WORKPLACE WHERE SAID CRIME WAS COMMITTED AND SAID PERSON COMMITTED SAID CRIME. S 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05786-01-9
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