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Assembly Bill A57

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to workplace violence

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2015-A57 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1677
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง44, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6160, S4932
2013-2014: A7190, S2042
2017-2018: S2052

2015-A57 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Joanne's law"; requires notification of actions of perpetrator of crime in workplace to the workplace.

2015-A57 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   57

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC, CLARK, JAFFEE, LAVINE, MILLER, ROBERTS --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN,  CAMARA,  COLTON,  GALEF,
  GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY -- read once and referred 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.
                                                           LBD00747-01-5

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