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Assembly Bill A8508

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting discrimination in investment activities and makes sexual harassment of employees an unlawful discriminatory practice

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2019-A8508 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, add §296-e, Exec L

2019-A8508 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits discrimination in investment activities and makes sexual harassment of employees by an employer, personally or through its principals or agents an unlawful discriminatory practice.

2019-A8508 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8508
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting  discrimi-
   nation in investment activities and makes sexual harassment of employ-
   ees an unlawful discriminatory practice

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
   1-B. IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE  FOR  ANY  PERSON
 WHOSE  BUSINESS  INCLUDES  SPONSORING, GUARANTEEING OR GRANTING FUNDS OR
 ENGAGING IN INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST  ANY  PERSON
 IN THE SPONSORING, GUARANTEEING OR GRANTING OF FUNDS OR MAKING AVAILABLE
 SUCH FUNDS BECAUSE OF RACE, CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIEN-
 TATION,  GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, MILITARY STATUS, SEX, AGE, DISA-
 BILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS OR MARITAL STATUS.
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  296-e  to
 read as follows:
   §  296-E.  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT  RELATING  TO  EMPLOYEES. IT SHALL BE AN
 UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR AN EMPLOYER, PERSONALLY OR  THROUGH
 ITS  PRINCIPALS  OR  AGENTS, TO SEXUALLY HARASS ANY EMPLOYEE. AS USED IN
 THIS SECTION, THE TERM AGENT SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
 PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS, CONTRACTORS, BANKERS OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO
 ENGAGES IN BUSINESS WITH SUCH EMPLOYER.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13506-01-9

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