Senate Bill S1302

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a registry of workplace fatalities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S1302 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A974
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §44, Lab L; amd §2, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.8828 & A.5965-A)

2021-S1302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a registry of workplace fatalities in the construction industry to record information pertaining to all incidents under which an employee performing construction work suffers a work-related fatal injury.

2021-S1302 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1302
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a registry of
   workplace fatalities in the construction industry to  record  informa-
   tion  pertaining  to  all  incidents  under  which a worker performing
   construction work suffers a work-related fatal injury; and to amend  a
   chapter  of the laws of 2020 amending the labor law relating to estab-
   lishing a registry of workplace fatalities in the construction  indus-
   try  to  record information pertaining to all incidents under which an
   employee performing construction work  suffers  a  work-related  fatal
   injury,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S. 8828 and A.
   5965-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 44 of the labor law, as added by a chapter of the
 laws of 2020 amending the labor law relating to establishing a  registry
 of  workplace fatalities in the construction industry to record informa-
 tion pertaining to all incidents  under  which  an  employee  performing
 construction  work  suffers  a work-related fatal injury, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 8828 and A. 5965-A, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   §  44.  Workplace  fatality  registry;  construction. 1. Registry. The
 department shall create and maintain a registry of workplace  fatalities
 in  the construction industry, which shall include information regarding
 all incidents under which [an employee] A WORKER performing construction
 work suffers a work-related fatal injury in the workplace.  Such  regis-
 try shall include the information reported to the department pursuant to
 subdivisions three and four of this section, in addition to any informa-
 tion  deemed  pertinent  by the commissioner as a result of any investi-
 gation, hearing, or other proceedings of the department.
   2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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