Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 09, 2019 | signed chap.154 delivered to governor |
Apr 09, 2019 | returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.272 substituted for s4037 |
Feb 27, 2019 | referred to investigations and government operations delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.31 rules report cal.31 reported reported referred to rules reported referred to codes |
Feb 01, 2019 | referred to governmental operations |
assembly Bill A4204
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
WEPRIN
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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Co-Sponsors
Kevin Cahill
Amy Paulin
Philip Ramos
Michael G. Miller
Multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Edward Braunstein
William Colton
Vivian Cook
A4204 (ACTIVE) - Details
A4204 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4204 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, CAHILL, PAULIN, RAMOS, M. G. MILLER, QUART, AUBRY, SEAWRIGHT, BARRON, VANEL, HEVESI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BRAUNSTEIN, COLTON, COOK, DAVILA, LAVINE, MOSLEY, ORTIZ, PERRY, RIVERA, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- nation against religious attire THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 of section 296 of the exec- utive law, as amended by chapter 539 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer, or an employee or agent thereof, to impose upon a person as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment, including opportunities for promotion, advancement or transfers, any terms or conditions that would require such person to violate or forego a sincerely held practice of his or her religion, including but not limited to the observance of any particular day or days or any portion thereof as a sabbath or other holy day in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion OR THE WEARING OF ANY ATTIRE, CLOTHING, OR FACIAL HAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF HIS OR HER RELIGION, unless, after engaging in a bona fide effort, the employer demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate the employee's or prospective employee's sincerely held religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an employee shall not be entitled to premium wages or premium benefits for work performed during hours to which such premium wages or premium benefits would ordinarily be applicable, if the employ- ee is working during such hours only as an accommodation to his or her sincerely held religious requirements. Nothing in this paragraph or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.