senate Bill S3062

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing that spouses who voluntarily separate from employment to accompany a spouse who is the subject of a military transfer shall be eligible for unemployment benefits

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to labor
returned to senate
died in assembly
Jun 12, 2019 referred to labor
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 04, 2019 advanced to third reading
Feb 28, 2019 2nd report cal.
Feb 27, 2019 1st report cal.193
Feb 01, 2019 referred to labor

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S3062 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3399
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §593, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6629, A8571
2015-2016: S5354, A4158, A9684
2017-2018: S306, A4326
2021-2022: S3623, A7514

S3062 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that spouses who voluntarily separate from employment to accompany a spouse who is the subject of a military transfer shall be eligible for unemployment benefits.

S3062 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3062

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 1, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the eligibility for  unem-
  ployment  benefits  for  individuals  who  voluntarily  separate  from
  employment to accompany a spouse who is  the  subject  of  a  military
  transfer

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 593 of the  labor
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
  (IV) WHERE THE SPOUSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORC-
ES  OF  THE UNITED STATES, THE NEED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO ACCOMPANY SUCH
INDIVIDUAL'S SPOUSE (A) TO A PLACE FROM WHICH IT IS IMPRACTICAL FOR SUCH
INDIVIDUAL TO COMMUTE AND (B) DUE TO A CHANGE IN LOCATION AS A RESULT OF
A MILITARY TRANSFER OF THE SPOUSE.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08119-01-9

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