| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 19, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S8373
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2019-S8373 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation
2019-S8373 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8373
SPONSOR: JORDAN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to provide small businesses affected by COVID-19 an additional 90
days to pay certain premiums for workers' compensation insurance
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 provides that small businesses, defined as a business owned
and operated by a resident of New York State with one hundred employees
or less, shall have an additional 90 days to pay any workers' compen-
sation insurance premiums which become due during such time and further
provides that nonpayment during such time shall not be grounds for
cancellation of the workers' compensation insurance policy.
Section 2 establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
2019-S8373 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8373
I N S E N A T E
May 19, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to provide small businesses affected by COVID-19 an additional 90
days to pay certain premiums for workers' compensation insurance
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
ry, for the duration of any mandatory or precautionary order of quaran-
tine or isolation issued through an executive order from the governor or
by the state of New York, the department of health, local board of
health, or any governmental entity duly authorized to issue such order
due to COVID-19, small businesses shall have an additional 90 days to
pay any workers' compensation insurance premiums which become due during
such time. Non-payment of such premiums shall not constitute grounds for
cancellation of any workers' compensation insurance policy. For purposes
of this act, "small business" shall mean a business which is resident in
this state, independently owned and operated and who employs one hundred
full-time equivalent employees or less.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16371-01-0
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