Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 27, 2019 | signed chap.126 |
Jul 16, 2019 | delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2019 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.196 substituted for a5501 |
Jun 12, 2019 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 04, 2019 | advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2019 | 2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2019 | 1st report cal.1117 |
May 15, 2019 | referred to labor |
senate Bill S5791
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
Jessica Ramos
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
S5791 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5501
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §215, Lab L
S5791 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes penalties for threatening, penalizing, or in any other manner discriminating or retaliating against any employee, including but not limited to contacting United States immigration authorities or otherwise threatening to report an employee's suspected citizenship or immigration status.
S5791 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5791 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to penal- ties for discrimination or retaliation against immigrant employees SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 215 of the Labor Law by adding a new undesignated paragraph clarifying that "to threaten, penalize, or in any other manner discriminate or retaliate against any employee" includes contacting or threatening to contact United States immigration authorities or otherwise reporting or threatening to report the suspected citizenship or immigration status of an employee or an employee's family or household member to a federal, state or local agency. Section 2 of the bill is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION:
S5791 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5791 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- (at request of the Attorney General) -- 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 penalties for discrimi- nation or retaliation against immigrant employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 215 of the labor law is amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows: AS USED IN THIS SECTION, TO THREATEN, PENALIZE, OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER DISCRIMINATE OR RETALIATE AGAINST ANY EMPLOYEE INCLUDES THREATENING TO CONTACT OR CONTACTING UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES OR OTHERWISE REPORTING OR THREATENING TO REPORT AN EMPLOYEE'S SUSPECTED CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR THE SUSPECTED CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS OF AN EMPLOYEE'S FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, TO A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07498-01-9
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