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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT requiring the department of labor to conduct a study on the
impact of job automation on the workforce in New York state and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The commissioner of the department of labor shall conduct a
comprehensive study analyzing the impact of job automation on the work-
force in New York state and publish a report on such findings.
§ 2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
information:
(a) the current trends of emerging technologies in New York state, and
the types of emerging technologies that may lead to job automation;
(b) the particular occupations and industries to be affected, and the
estimated number of jobs that may be lost within such occupations and
industries;
(c) the economic impact of job automation on different regions of the
state and the state as a whole;
(d) the effect of job automation on various demographic groups within
the state, including, but not limited to, age, race, sex, and income;
(e) strategies to re-train affected employees for participation in the
workforce; and
(f) any additional information the commissioner of the department of
labor deems pertinent for the purposes of this act.
§ 3. For the purposes of this act, the commissioner of the department
of labor may conduct such study in conjunction with any other depart-
ment, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, or public authority
of the state deemed necessary. To the maximum extent feasible, such
commissioner shall be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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resources and data of any other department, division, board, bureau,
commission, agency, or public authority of the state as he or she may
reasonably request to properly carry his or her powers and duties pursu-
ant to this act.
§ 4. The commissioner of the department of labor shall publish such
report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate committee on labor and
the chair of the assembly committee on labor no later than December 31,
2020.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed January 1, 2021.