Assembly Bill A5695A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to bystander intervention training

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  • 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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2021-A5695 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-g, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9843
2023-2024: A2222
2025-2026: A1295

2021-A5695 - Summary

Includes information about bystander intervention training in the department of labor's model sexual harassment prevention policy that includes information and practical guidance on how to enable bystanders to recognize potentially problematic behaviors and to motivate bystanders to take action when such bystanders observe problematic behaviors.

2021-A5695 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5695
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in  relation  to  bystander  intervention
   training
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 201-g of the  labor
 law,  as added by section 1 of subpart E of part KK of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Such model sexual harassment prevention training program  shall  be
 interactive  and  include:  (i)  an  explanation  of  sexual  harassment
 consistent with guidance issued by the department in  consultation  with
 the  division  of  human  rights;  (ii)  examples  of conduct that would
 constitute unlawful sexual harassment; (iii) information concerning  the
 federal  and state statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment and
 remedies available to victims of sexual harassment; [and] (iv)  informa-
 tion  concerning  employees'  rights of redress and all available forums
 for adjudicating complaints; AND  (V)  BYSTANDER  INTERVENTION  TRAINING
 THAT  INCLUDES  INFORMATION  AND  PRACTICAL  GUIDANCE  ON  HOW TO ENABLE
 BYSTANDERS TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS AND  TO  MOTI-
 VATE   SUCH   BYSTANDERS  TO  TAKE  ACTION  WHEN  OBSERVING  PROBLEMATIC
 BEHAVIORS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02917-01-1

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2021-A5695A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-g, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9843
2023-2024: A2222
2025-2026: A1295

2021-A5695A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes information about bystander intervention training in the department of labor's model sexual harassment prevention policy that includes information and practical guidance on how to enable bystanders to recognize potentially problematic behaviors and to motivate bystanders to take action when such bystanders observe problematic behaviors.

2021-A5695A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5695--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMON, EPSTEIN, DE LA ROSA, GALLAGHER, BARRETT,
   GALEF, McDONALD,  SEAWRIGHT,  GOTTFRIED,  JACKSON,  DeSTEFANO,  DURSO,
   SANTABARBARA,   GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  McMAHON,  DAVILA  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee  on  Labor  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in  relation  to  bystander  intervention
   training
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 201-g of the  labor
 law,  as added by section 1 of subpart E of part KK of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Such model sexual harassment prevention training program  shall  be
 interactive  and  include:  (i)  an  explanation  of  sexual  harassment
 consistent with guidance issued by the department in  consultation  with
 the  division  of  human  rights;  (ii)  examples  of conduct that would
 constitute unlawful sexual harassment; (iii) information concerning  the
 federal  and state statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment and
 remedies available to victims of sexual harassment; [and] (iv)  informa-
 tion  concerning  employees'  rights of redress and all available forums
 for adjudicating complaints; AND  (V)  BYSTANDER  INTERVENTION  TRAINING
 THAT  INCLUDES  INFORMATION  AND  PRACTICAL  GUIDANCE  ON  HOW TO ENABLE
 BYSTANDERS TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS AND  TO  MOTI-
 VATE  SUCH BYSTANDERS TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION WHEN OBSERVING PROBLEM-
 ATIC BEHAVIORS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING SHALL
 CREATE NO DUTY TO INTERVENE OR IMPOSE ANY LIABILITY FOR THE  FAILURE  TO
 INTERVENE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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