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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  requiring  the  department  of  labor to conduct a study on the
   impact of job automation on  the  workforce  in  New  York  state  and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of labor  shall  conduct  a  comprehensive
 study  analyzing  the  impact  of job automation on the workforce in New
 York state and publish a report on such findings.
   § 2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to,  the  following
 information:
   (a) the current trends of emerging technologies in New York state, and
 the types of emerging technologies that may lead to job automation;
   (b)  the particular occupations and industries to be affected, and the
 estimated number of jobs that may be lost within  such  occupations  and
 industries;
   (c)  the economic impact of job automation on different regions of the
 state and the state as a whole;
   (d) the effect of job automation on various demographic groups  within
 the state, including, but not limited to, age, race, sex, and income;
   (e) strategies to re-train affected employees for participation in the
 workforce; and
   (f)  any additional information the commissioner of labor deems perti-
 nent for the purposes of this act.
   § 3. For the purposes of this  act,  the  commissioner  of  labor  may
 conduct  such  study in conjunction with any other department, division,
 board, bureau, commission, agency, or  public  authority  of  the  state
 deemed  necessary.  To  the  maximum  extent feasible, such commissioner
 shall be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such resources  and
 data of any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agen-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 cy, or public authority of the state as he or she may reasonably request
 to properly carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this act.
   § 4. The commissioner of labor shall publish such report to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
 the chair of the senate committee on labor and the chair of the assembly
 committee on labor no later than December 31, 2024.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2025.