Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 21, 2019 |
signed chap.380 |
Oct 11, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 04, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.518 substituted for a5424 |
Feb 27, 2019 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 26, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 12, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 11, 2019 |
1st report cal.136 |
Feb 06, 2019 |
committee discharged and committed to women's issues |
Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S748
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
2019-S748 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S748 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S748 SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Provides exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 517 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: (2) An application for postponement of jury service shall be granted hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been postponed or excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manor as
2019-S748 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 748 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subdivision (a) of section 517 of the judiciary law, paragraph 1 as amended and paragraph 2 as added by chap- ter 86 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph two of this subdivision, the commissioner of jurors may, in his or her discretion, on the appli- cation of a prospective juror who has been summoned to attend, excuse such prospective juror from a part or the whole of the time of jury service or may postpone the time of jury service to a later day during the same or any subsequent term of the court, PROVIDED THAT IF THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR IS A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER AND SUBMITS WITH HER APPLI- CATION A NOTE FROM A PHYSICIAN INDICATING THAT THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR IS BREASTFEEDING, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EXCUSE THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR OR POSTPONE THE TIME OF JURY SERVICE. The application shall be presented to the commissioner at such time and in such manner as he or she shall require, except that an application for postponement of the initial date for jury service may be made by telephone. (2) An application for postponement of jury service shall be granted hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been postponed or excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manner as the commissioner of jurors requires, and (iii) the postponement is to a date certain when the court is in session not more than six months after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence and such date is selected by the prospective juror, PROVIDED THAT IF THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR IS A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER, THE POSTPONEMENT DATE MAY BE A DATE CERTAIN UP TO TWO YEARS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH SERVICE OTHERWISE IS TO COMMENCE.
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