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Senate Bill S7197

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the severability of certain provisions

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2019-S7197 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8981
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §203-e, Lab L (as proposed in S.660 & A.584)

2019-S7197 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes certain provisions related to prohibition of discrimination based on an employee's or a dependent's reproductive health decision making severable.

2019-S7197 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7197
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor  law,  in  relation  to  the  severability  of
   certain provisions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 203-e of the labor law, as added by  a  chapter  of
 the  laws  of  2019,  amending  the labor law relating to discrimination
 based on an employee's or a  dependent's  reproductive  health  decision
 making,  as  proposed  in legislative bill numbers S. 660 and A. 584, is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. IF ANY WORD, PHRASE, CLAUSE, SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH,  SUBDIVISION,  OR
 PART OF THIS SECTION OR THE APPLICATION THEREOF TO ANY PERSON OR CIRCUM-
 STANCES  SHALL,  FOR  ANY  REASON, BE ADJUDGED BY ANY COURT OF COMPETENT
 JURISDICTION TO BE INVALID, SUCH JUDGMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT,  IMPAIR,  OR
 INVALIDATE  THE  REMAINDER THEREOF, AND THE APPLICATION THEREOF TO OTHER
 PERSONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT SHALL BE CONFINED IN ITS OPERATION TO  THE
 WORD,  PHRASE, CLAUSE, SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION, OR PART THEREOF
 DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE CONTROVERSY IN WHICH SUCH JUDGMENT  SHALL  HAVE
 BEEN  RENDERED AND TO THE PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED. IT IS HEREBY
 DECLARED TO BE THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE  THAT  THIS  SECTION  WOULD
 HAVE  BEEN ENACTED EVEN IF SUCH INVALID PROVISIONS HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED
 HEREIN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the labor law relating
 to  discrimination  based on an employee's or a dependent's reproductive
 health decision making, as proposed in legislative bill numbers  S.  660
 and A. 584, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02778-07-0

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