assembly Bill A8053

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022 referred to codes
Jun 11, 2021 referred to codes

A8053 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S566
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §297, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8712
2019-2020: S2378
2023-2024: A501, S3255

A8053 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years.

A8053 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8053
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the  statute
   of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
   tices to three years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  297  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  160  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed with-
 in [one year] THREE YEARS  after  the  alleged  unlawful  discriminatory
 practice.  [In  cases  of sexual harassment in employment, any complaint
 filed pursuant to this section must be so filed within three years after
 the alleged unlawful discriminatory practices.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a law and shall apply to all unlawful discriminatory prac-
 tice claims arising on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02708-03-1