Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 05, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A10591
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A10591 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §201-h, Lab L
2019-A10591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10591 I N A S S E M B L Y June 5, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen- thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting employers from requiring access to social media accounts of applicants and current employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-h to read as follows: § 201-H. SOCIAL MEDIA INQUIRIES BY EMPLOYERS PROHIBITED. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: A. "EMPLOYER" SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ANY PERSON, CORPO- RATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ASSOCIATION, LABOR ORGANIZATION, OR ENTITY EMPLOYING ANY INDIVIDUAL IN ANY OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, TRADE, BUSINESS OR SERVICE, OR ANY AGENT THEREOF. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "EMPLOYER" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE STATE, ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF, AND ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ASSOCIATION OR ENTITY ACTING AS AN EMPLOYMENT AGENT, RECRUITER, OR OTHERWISE CONNECTING APPLICANTS WITH EMPLOYERS. B. "SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT" SHALL MEAN AN ACCOUNT FOR AN INTERNET-BASED SERVICE THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO: (I) CONSTRUCT A PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBL- IC PROFILE WITHIN A BOUNDED SYSTEM, CREATED BY THE SERVICE; (II) CREATE A LIST OF OTHER USERS WITH WHOM THEY SHARE A CONNECTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM; (III) VIEW AND NAVIGATE THEIR LIST OF CONNECTIONS AND THOSE MADE BY OTHERS WITHIN THE SYSTEM; AND (IV) PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES TO SHARE INFORMATION, IDEAS, PERSONAL MESSAGES, AND OTHER CONTENT. 2. NO EMPLOYER SHALL, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, SEEK, REQUEST, OR REQUIRE AN APPLICANT OR CURRENT EMPLOYEE TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION RELATED TO THEIR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, USERNAMES, PASSWORDS, OR THE CONTENTS OF SUCH SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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