Assembly Bill A10461

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the prevention of discrimination

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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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2017-A10461 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8607
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139-l, St Fin L; amd §§7515 & 5003-b, CPLR; amd §§17-a & 18-a, Pub Off L; amd §5-336, Gen Ob L; amd §201-g, Lab L; amd part KK subpart E §2, Chap 57 of 2018; amd §§296-d, 292 & 63, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1890, S1915

2017-A10461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the prevention of discrimination; replaces the term "sexual harassment" with "discrimination".

2017-A10461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10461
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, PEOPLES-STOKES, BARRON, BICHOTTE, COOK,
   CRESPO, DE LA ROSA, GALEF,  O'DONNELL,  ROZIC,  SEAWRIGHT,  SEPULVEDA,
   SIMON, TAYLOR, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the civil practice law and rules,
   the  public  officers  law,  the general obligations law and the labor
   law, in relation to discrimination; and to amend subpart E of part  KK
   of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, amending the labor law, relating to
   the establishment of a model policy regarding the prevention of sexual
   harassment  and  a model training program to prevent sexual harassment
   in the workplace, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The section heading and paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
 section 139-l of the state finance law, as added by section 1 of subpart
 A of part KK of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, are amended to  read  as
 follows:
   Statement on [sexual harassment] DISCRIMINATION, in bids.
   (a)  Every bid hereafter made to the state or any public department or
 agency thereof, where competitive bidding is required by  statute,  rule
 or  regulation,  for  work  or  services performed or to be performed or
 goods sold  or  to  be  sold,  shall  contain  the  following  statement
 subscribed  by  the bidder and affirmed by such bidder as true under the
 penalty of perjury:
   "By submission of this bid, each bidder and  each  person  signing  on
 behalf  of  any  bidder  certifies,  and in the case of a joint bid each
 party thereto certifies as to its own  organization,  under  penalty  of
 perjury,  that  the  bidder  has  and  has  implemented a written policy
 addressing [sexual harassment] DISCRIMINATION prevention  in  the  work-
 place  and provides annual [sexual harassment] DISCRIMINATION prevention
 training to all of its employees. Such policy shall, at a minimum,  meet
 the requirements of section two hundred one-g of the labor law."
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15412-02-8
              

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