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Senate Bill S6772

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that it shall not be discrimination when a person's immutable attribute, characteristic or trait, or religious belief, marital status or disability interferes with ability to meet employment requirements

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2017-S6772 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §40-c, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1336

2017-S6772 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that it shall not be harassment or discrimination when a person's immutable attribute, characteristic or trait, or his or her religious belief, marital status or disability interferes with such individual's ability to meet employment requirements.

2017-S6772 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6772 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6772
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to  the  right  to  be
   free from harassment and discrimination
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 40-c of the civil rights  law,  as
 amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  No  person shall, because of [race, creed, color, national origin,
 sex,] A PERSON'S IMMUTABLE ATTRIBUTE, CHARACTERISTIC OR TRAIT, OR  BASED
 UPON  THEIR  RELIGIOUS  BELIEF,  marital status[, sexual orientation] or
 disability, as such term is defined in section two hundred ninety-two of
 the executive law, be subjected to any  discrimination  in  his  or  her
 civil  rights, or to any harassment, as defined in section 240.25 of the
 penal law, in the exercise thereof, by any other person or by any  firm,
 corporation or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision
 of  the  state  PROVIDED  THAT,  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT APPLY WHERE A
 PERSON'S IMMUTABLE ATTRIBUTE, CHARACTERISTIC OR  TRAIT,  OR  BASED  UPON
 THEIR  RELIGIOUS  BELIEF,  MARITAL STATUS OR DISABILITY, AS SUCH TERM IS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, OR OTHER
 IMMUTABLE CHARACTERISTIC, TRAIT, OR REQUIREMENTS OF ADHERENCE  TO  RELI-
 GIOUS BELIEF, INTERFERES, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITH SUCH PERSON'S ABILI-
 TY TO MEET EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13104-03-7

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