| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2012 |
reported and committed to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to labor |
| May 02, 2011 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S4932
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, IP) Senate District
2011-S4932 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S4932 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4932
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting "Joanne's law"
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires notification of actions of perpetrator of crime in workplace
to former employer or workplace.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
A new section 44 is added to the labor law to require that employers
or workplaces are notified if former employees or visitors whom were
convicted of violent acts in those workplaces are released from
incarceration or violate their probation or parole.
JUSTIFICATION:
The purpose of this bill is to notify an employer or workplace when a
former employee is released from incarceration or has violated
his/her probation or parole, if they committed a crime in that
workplace.
This bill would safeguard employers and employees from potential
retaliation from former employees who have committed workplace
violence or crimes in the workplace. Notifying an employer would
enable a workplace to take the proper measures or precautions to
2011-S4932 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4932
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 2, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting "Joanne's law"
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. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 44 to read as
follows:
S 44. NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS OF CRIME PERPETRATORS. THE CORRECTIONAL
OR PROBATIONAL AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION OF A PERSON WHO HAS
COMMITTED A CRIME IN A WORKPLACE SHALL NOTIFY THE WORKPLACE IF SUCH
PERSON IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION OR HAS VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF
HIS OR HER PROBATION OR PAROLE.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06915-10-1
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