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Assembly Bill A5400

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires college campuses to adopt a policy concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, involving on and off campus students

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2015-A5400 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6432-a, amd §§6431 & 6432, Ed L

2015-A5400 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires college campuses to adopt a policy concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, involving on and off campus students; where feasible, enter into memoranda of understanding, agreements, or collaborative partnerships with existing on-campus and community-based organizations, including rape crisis centers, to refer students for assistance or make services available to students; implements comprehensive prevention and outreach programs addressing sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

2015-A5400 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5400

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE, STIRPE, BARRETT,
  DINOWITZ, GALEF, HOOPER, MAGNARELLI, OTIS, ROBINSON, RUSSELL, SCARBOR-
  OUGH, SKOUFIS, THIELE, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BREN-
  NAN,  LAVINE  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Higher
  Education

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  college
  campuses  to  adopt  a  policy  concerning  sexual  assault,  domestic
  violence, dating violence, and stalking, involving on and  off  campus
  students

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6432-a
to read as follows:
  S 6432-A.  POLICY CONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING
VIOLENCE AND STALKING. 1. THE TRUSTEES OR OTHER GOVERNING BOARD OF EVERY
COLLEGE CHARTERED BY THE REGENTS OR INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT  OF  THE
LEGISLATURE  AND  WHICH  MAINTAINS  A CAMPUS, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED,
SHALL ADOPT A  POLICY  CONCERNING  SEXUAL  ASSAULT,  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,
DATING  VIOLENCE,  AND  STALKING,  INVOLVING  A STUDENT, BOTH ON AND OFF
CAMPUS.  THE POLICY SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
  A. AN AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT STANDARD IN  THE  DETERMINATION  OF  WHETHER
CONSENT  WAS  GIVEN  BY  BOTH  PARTIES  TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY. "AFFIRMATIVE
CONSENT" MEANS AFFIRMATIVE, CONSCIOUS, AND VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT TO ENGAGE
IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH PERSON INVOLVED  IN
THE SEXUAL ACTIVITY TO ENSURE THAT HE OR SHE HAS THE AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT
OF THE OTHER OR OTHERS TO ENGAGE IN THE SEXUAL ACTIVITY. LACK OF PROTEST
OR  RESISTANCE  DOES  NOT  MEAN  CONSENT, NOR DOES SILENCE MEAN CONSENT.
AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT MUST BE ONGOING THROUGHOUT A SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND CAN
BE REVOKED AT ANY TIME. THE EXISTENCE OF A DATING  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN
THE PERSONS INVOLVED, OR THE FACT OF PAST SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM,
SHOULD NEVER BY ITSELF BE ASSUMED TO BE AN INDICATOR OF CONSENT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08742-01-5
              

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