Senate Bill S3465

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to employee human trafficking recognition training and to authorizing the establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training program

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1283 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S3465 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1283
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §483-gg, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7725, A10869
2021-2022: S5042
2023-2024: S6134

2019-S3465 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to employee human trafficking recognition training and to authorizing the establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training program; requires public transportation services to require all employees to undergo a human-trafficking recognition training program established by the division of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the department of transportation and the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking.

2019-S3465 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3465 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3465
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BIAGGI, KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  employee  human
   trafficking  recognition  training;  and  relating  to authorizing the
   establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training
   program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 483-gg to read as follows:
   § 483-GG. HUMAN-TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION TRAINING. ANY PUBLIC TRANSPOR-
 TATION SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RAIL  PASSENGER  SERVICE,
 MOTORBUS  REGULAR  ROUTE  SERVICE, PARATRANSIT SERVICE, MOTORBUS CHARTER
 SERVICE, AND FERRY PASSENGER SERVICE, SHALL REQUIRE ALL  CUSTOMER-FACING
 EMPLOYEES  TO  UNDERGO  A HUMAN-TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION TRAINING PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED BY THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE  OFFICE
 OF  TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT OF LABOR AND THE NEW YORK STATE INTERAGENCY  TASK  FORCE  ON  HUMAN
 TRAFFICKING.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "CUSTOMER-FACING
 EMPLOYEE"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  EMPLOYEE  WHOSE JOB INVOLVES INTERACTING OR
 COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH CUSTOMERS.
   § 2. In consultation with the New York Interagency Task Force on Human
 Trafficking and the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
 sion of criminal justice services and the commissioner of the office  of
 temporary and disability assistance shall together establish a standard-
 ized  human-trafficking  recognition  training  program for employees of
 public transportation  services.  The  commissioners  may  use  federal,
 state,  and  non-profit organization sources provided that such training
 program shall address no less than the following issues:
   (a) The nature of human trafficking;
   (b) How human trafficking is defined in law;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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