Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 16, 2022 |
signed chap.140 |
Mar 15, 2022 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 02, 2022 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.432 substituted for a7101 |
Mar 02, 2022 |
substituted by s5870 |
Feb 17, 2022 |
advanced to third reading cal.432 |
Feb 15, 2022 |
reported |
Feb 01, 2022 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to governmental operations |
Apr 22, 2021 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A7101
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GONZALEZ-ROJAS
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5870 - 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
Dan Quart
Judy Griffin
Andrew Hevesi
Thomas Abinanti
2021-A7101 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A7101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7101 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, QUART, GRIFFIN, HEVESI, ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to retaliation against certain unlawful discriminatory practices by employers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 166 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 7. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person engaged in any activity to which this section applies to retaliate or discriminate against any person because he or she has opposed any prac- tices forbidden under this article or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this article. RETALIATION MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DISCLOSING AN EMPLOYEE'S PERSONNEL FILES BECAUSE HE OR SHE HAS OPPOSED ANY PRACTICES FORBIDDEN UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR BECAUSE HE OR SHE HAS FILED A COMPLAINT, TESTIFIED OR ASSISTED IN ANY PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH DISCLOSURE IS MADE IN THE COURSE OF COMMENCING OR RESPONDING TO A COMPLAINT IN ANY PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER CIVIL OR CRIMINAL ACTION OR OTHER JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING AS PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 297 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 2019 and chapter 236 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 9. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice shall have a cause of action in any court of appropriate juris- diction for damages, including, in cases of employment discrimination related to private employers and housing discrimination only, punitive damages, and such other remedies as may be appropriate, including any civil fines and penalties provided in subdivision four of this section, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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