Senate Bill S8205

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to sexual harassment disclosure with respect to state contracts

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


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

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2019-S8205 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139-l, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S465
2023-2024: S4370

2019-S8205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that every bid made to the state or any public department or agency thereof, where competitive bidding is required by statute, rule or regulation, for work or services performed or to be performed or goods sold or to be sold, shall include a report listing information, including the total number of adverse judgments or administrative rulings arising from allegations of sexual harassment; further requires such reports to be transmitted from the contracting agency to the division of human rights and the office of the state comptroller; makes related provisions.

2019-S8205 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8205
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to sexual  harassment
   disclosure with respect to state contracts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 139-l of the state finance law, as added by section
 1 of subpart A of part KK of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   §  139-l. Statement on sexual harassment AND REPORTS ON SEXUAL HARASS-
 MENT, in bids. 1. (a) Every bid hereafter  made  to  the  state  or  any
 public  department  or  agency  thereof,  where  competitive  bidding is
 required by statute, rule or regulation, for work or services  performed
 or  to  be  performed  or  goods  sold  or to be sold, shall contain the
 following statement subscribed by the bidder and affirmed by such bidder
 as true under the penalty of perjury:
 "By submission of this bid, each  bidder  and  each  person  signing  on
 behalf  of  any  bidder  certifies,  and in the case of a joint bid each
 party thereto certifies as to its own  organization,  under  penalty  of
 perjury,  that  the  bidder  has  and  has  implemented a written policy
 addressing sexual harassment prevention in the  workplace  and  provides
 annual  sexual  harassment  prevention training to all of its employees.
 Such policy shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements  of  section  two
 hundred one-g of the labor law."
   (b)  Every bid hereafter made to the state or any public department or
 agency thereof, where competitive bidding is not  required  by  statute,
 rule or regulation, for work or services performed or to be performed or
 goods  sold or to be sold, may contain, at the discretion of the depart-
 ment, agency or official, the certification required pursuant  to  para-
 graph (a) of this subdivision.
   2.  (A) EVERY BID HEREAFTER MADE TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT
 OR AGENCY THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE BIDDING  IS  REQUIRED  BY  STATUTE,
 RULE OR REGULATION, FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE PERFORMED OR
 GOODS SOLD OR TO BE SOLD, SHALL INCLUDE A REPORT LISTING (I) THE NAME OF
 THE BIDDER; (II) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ADVERSE JUDGMENTS OR ADMINISTRATIVE
 RULINGS ARISING FROM ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT DURING THE PRECED-
              

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