Senate Bill S6177

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that employers who provide funeral leave for family members of deceased shall not deny such leave for same-sex committed partners of the deceased

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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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2009-S6177 - Details

Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-n, Civ Rts L

2009-S6177 - Summary

Provides that employers who extend funeral or bereavement leave to an employee for the death of a spouse, child, parent or other relative shall not deny the same leave for the death of an employee's same-sex committed partner; defines same-sex committed partners as those who are financially and emotionally interdependent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses.

2009-S6177 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6177 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6177

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to authorizing funeral
  or bereavement leave for same-sex committed partners

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
79-n to read as follows:
  S 79-N. FUNERAL OR BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.  NO EMPLOYER WHO EXTENDS TO  ITS
EMPLOYEES  FUNERAL  OR  BEREAVEMENT LEAVE FOR THE DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE'S
SPOUSE OR THE CHILD, PARENT OR OTHER RELATIVE OF THE SPOUSE  SHALL  DENY
THE  SAME  LEAVE TO AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE'S SAME-SEX
COMMITTED PARTNER OR THE CHILD, PARENT OR OTHER RELATIVE OF THE  COMMIT-
TED  PARTNER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SAME-SEX COMMITTED PART-
NERS ARE THOSE WHO ARE FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY INTERDEPENDENT  IN  A
MANNER COMMONLY PRESUMED OF SPOUSES.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04526-01-9

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2009-S6177A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-n, Civ Rts L

2009-S6177A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that employers who extend funeral or bereavement leave to an employee for the death of a spouse, child, parent or other relative shall not deny the same leave for the death of an employee's same-sex committed partner; defines same-sex committed partners as those who are financially and emotionally interdependent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses.

2009-S6177A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6177A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6177--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER,
  PARKER,  PERKINS,  SAVINO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
  ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to authorizing funeral
  or bereavement leave for same-sex committed partners

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
79-n to read as follows:
  S  79-N. FUNERAL OR BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.  NO EMPLOYER WHO EXTENDS TO ITS
EMPLOYEES FUNERAL OR BEREAVEMENT LEAVE FOR THE DEATH  OF  AN  EMPLOYEE'S
SPOUSE  OR  THE CHILD, PARENT OR OTHER RELATIVE OF THE SPOUSE SHALL DENY
THE SAME LEAVE TO AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE DEATH OF THE  EMPLOYEE'S  SAME-SEX
COMMITTED  PARTNER OR THE CHILD, PARENT OR OTHER RELATIVE OF THE COMMIT-
TED PARTNER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SAME-SEX COMMITTED  PART-
NERS  ARE  THOSE WHO ARE FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY INTERDEPENDENT IN A
MANNER COMMONLY PRESUMED OF SPOUSES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04526-02-0

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