NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4442A

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to judiciary
Jun 21, 2017	committed to rules
Jun 05, 2017	advanced to third reading amended 4442b
May 24, 2017	2nd report cal. amended 4442a
May 23, 2017	1st report cal.1127
Feb 15, 2017	referred to judiciary

Votes

- May 23, 2017 - Judiciary Committee Vote
  S4442A
  
  Aye
  
  18
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  5
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Judiciary Committee Vote: May 23, 2017
      
      aye (18)
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Croci
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Lanza
      
      Montgomery
      
      O'Mara
      
      Phillips
      
      Savino
      
      Stavisky
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Amedore
      
      Hannon
      
      LaValle
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Serino

Bill Amendments

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co-Sponsors

2017-S4442 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §517, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4971
2019-2020: S748

2017-S4442 - Summary

Provides an exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women; allows that such breastfeeding mother's jury duty shall be postponed up to two years after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence.

2017-S4442 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4442

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to
providing an exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Provides exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 517 of the
judiciary law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to read as follows:

(2) An application for postponement of jury service shall be granted
hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been postponed or
excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manor
as the commissioner of jurors requires, {and} (iii) the postponement
is to a date certain when the court is in session not more than six
months after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence
and such date is selected by the prospective juror, and (iv) the
prospective juror is a breastfeeding mother. In order to grant an
application for postponement of jury service, the prospective juror
must submit a note from a physician

 JUSTIFICATION :

Jury duty exerts its demands on all who are called to serve, including
women who are breastfeeding their infants. In an effort to protect the
health the child, it is imperative that a mechanism is created that
allows a physician to explain why an excuse from jury duty should be
accepted and facilitated.

Many women have decided to breastfeed their infants as a matter of
promoting better health of their new-born based on the undeniable
evidence which shows breastfeeding as superior nutrition for the
development of the infant's brain and immune system.  Jury duty
interferes with these efforts at a critical time in the development of
a child's cognitive and cerebral formation. No form of public service
should override a mother's primary responsibility and care of her
infant child.

This legislation provides breastfeeding mothers with the ability to be
excused from jury duty per the written notice by a physician
supporting the reason for excuse. This legislation is a common sense
approach to helping mother and child at a critical time.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4442 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4442
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  COMRIE,  PERKINS  --  read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an exemption
   from jury duty for breastfeeding women
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 517 of the  judi-
 ciary  law,  as  added  by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (2) An application for postponement of jury service shall  be  granted
 hereunder  provided:  (i) such service has not already been postponed or
 excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manner as
 the commissioner of jurors requires, [and] (iii) the postponement is  to
 a  date  certain  when  the court is in session not more than six months
 after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence  and  such
 date  is  selected  by  the  prospective juror, AND (IV) THE PROSPECTIVE
 JUROR IS A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER. TO GRANT AN APPLICATION  FOR  POSTPONE-
 MENT  OF  JURY  SERVICE  FOR  SUBPARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 PROSPECTIVE JUROR MUST SUBMIT A NOTE FROM A PHYSICIAN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07994-01-7

co-Sponsors

2017-S4442A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §517, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4971
2019-2020: S748

2017-S4442A - Summary

2017-S4442A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4442A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an
exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Provides exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 517 of the
judiciary law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to read as follows:

(2) An application for postponement of jury service shall be granted
hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been postponed or
excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manor
as the commissioner of jurors requires, {and} (iii) the postponement
is to a date certain when the court is in session not more than six
months after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence
and such date is selected by the prospective juror, and (iv) the
prospective juror is a breastfeeding mother. In order to grant an
application for postponement of jury service, the prospective juror

must submit a note from a physician

 JUSTIFICATION :

Jury duty exerts its demands on all who are called to serve, including
women who are breastfeeding their infants. In an effort to protect the
health the child, it is imperative that a mechanism is created that
allows a physician to explain why an excuse from jury duty should be
accepted and facilitated.

Many women have decided to breastfeed their infants as a matter of
promoting better health of their new-born based on the undeniable
evidence which shows breastfeeding as superior nutrition for the
development of the infant's brain and immune system. Jury duty
interferes with these efforts at a critical time in the development of
a child's cognitive and cerebral formation. No form of public service
should override a mother's primary responsibility and care of her
infant child.

This legislation provides breastfeeding mothers with the ability to be
excused from jury duty per the written notice by a physician
supporting the reason for excuse. This legislation is a common sense
approach to helping mother and child at a critical time.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4442A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4442--A
     Cal. No. 1127
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --
   reported  favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered  to first report,
   amended on first report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an exemption
   from jury duty for breastfeeding women
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subdivision (a) of section 517 of the
 judiciary law, paragraph 1 as amended and paragraph 2 as added by  chap-
 ter 86 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph two of this subdivision,
 the  commissioner of jurors may, in his or her discretion, on the appli-
 cation of a prospective juror who has been summoned  to  attend,  excuse
 such  prospective  juror  from  a  part or the whole of the time of jury
 service or may postpone the time of jury service to a later  day  during
 the  same  or  any  subsequent  term  of the court, PROVIDED THAT IF THE
 PROSPECTIVE JUROR IS A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER AND SUBMITS WITH HER  APPLI-
 CATION  A NOTE FROM A PHYSICIAN INDICATING THAT THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR IS
 BREASTFEEDING, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EXCUSE THE  PROSPECTIVE  JUROR  OR
 POSTPONE THE TIME OF JURY SERVICE. The application shall be presented to
 the  commissioner  at  such  time  and in such manner as he or she shall
 require, except that an application for postponement of the initial date
 for jury service may be made by telephone.
   (2) An application for postponement of jury service shall  be  granted
 hereunder  provided:  (i) such service has not already been postponed or
 excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manner as
 the commissioner of jurors requires, and (iii) the postponement is to  a
 date certain when the court is in session not more than six months after
 the date on which such service otherwise is to commence and such date is
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07994-02-7

 S. 4442--A                          2
 
 selected  by  the  prospective  juror, PROVIDED  THAT IF THE PROSPECTIVE
 JUROR IS A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER, THE POSTPONEMENT DATE  MAY  BE  A  DATE
 CERTAIN UP TO ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH SERVICE OTHERWISE IS
 TO COMMENCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2017-S4442B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §517, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4971
2019-2020: S748

2017-S4442B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4442B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4442B

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an
exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Provides exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 517 of the
judiciary law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to read as follows:

(2) An application for postponement of jury service shall be granted
hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been postponed or
excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manor
as the commissioner of jurors requires, {and} (iii) the postponement
is to a date certain when the court is in session not more than six
months after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence
and such date is selected by the prospective juror, and (iv) the
prospective juror is a breastfeeding mother. In order to grant an
application for postponement of jury service, the prospective juror

must submit a note from a physician

 JUSTIFICATION :

Jury duty exerts its demands on all who are called to serve, including
women who are breastfeeding their infants. In an effort to protect the
health the child, it is imperative that a mechanism is created that
allows a physician to explain why an excuse from jury duty should be
accepted and facilitated.

Many women have decided to breastfeed their infants as a matter of
promoting better health of their new-born based on the undeniable
evidence which shows breastfeeding as superior nutrition for the
development of the infant's brain and immune system. Jury duty
interferes with these efforts at a critical time in the development of
a child's cognitive and cerebral formation. No form of public service
should override a mother's primary responsibility and care of her
infant child.

This legislation provides breastfeeding mothers with the ability to be
excused from jury duty per the written notice by a physician
supporting the reason for excuse. This legislation is a common sense
approach to helping mother and child at a critical time.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4442B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4442--B
     Cal. No. 1127
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --
   reported  favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered  to first report,
   amended on first report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered
   reprinted,  retaining  its  place  in  the  order  of second report --
   reported favorably from said  committee,  amended  on  second  report,
   ordered  to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an exemption
   from jury duty for breastfeeding women
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subdivision (a) of section 517 of the
 judiciary  law, paragraph 1 as amended and paragraph 2 as added by chap-
 ter 86 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph two of this subdivision,
 the commissioner of jurors may, in his or her discretion, on the  appli-
 cation  of  a  prospective juror who has been summoned to attend, excuse
 such prospective juror from a part or the whole  of  the  time  of  jury
 service  or  may postpone the time of jury service to a later day during
 the same or any subsequent term  of  the  court, PROVIDED  THAT  IF  THE
 PROSPECTIVE  JUROR IS A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER AND SUBMITS WITH HER APPLI-
 CATION A NOTE FROM A PHYSICIAN INDICATING THAT THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR  IS
 BREASTFEEDING,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL EXCUSE THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR OR
 POSTPONE THE TIME OF JURY SERVICE. The application shall be presented to
 the commissioner at such time and in such manner  as  he  or  she  shall
 require, except that an application for postponement of the initial date
 for jury service may be made by telephone.
   (2)  An  application for postponement of jury service shall be granted
 hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been  postponed  or
 excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manner as
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07994-05-7

 S. 4442--B                          2
 
 the  commissioner of jurors requires, and (iii) the postponement is to a
 date certain when the court is in session not more than six months after
 the date on which such service otherwise is to commence and such date is
 selected  by  the  prospective  juror, PROVIDED  THAT IF THE PROSPECTIVE
 JUROR IS A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER, THE POSTPONEMENT DATE  MAY  BE  A  DATE
 CERTAIN  UP  TO TWO YEARS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH SERVICE OTHERWISE
 IS TO COMMENCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2017-S4442 - Details

2017-S4442 - Summary

2017-S4442 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4442 - Bill Text download pdf

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2017-S4442A - Summary

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