NY State Senate Bill S566A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 01, 2022	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 03, 2022	advanced to third reading
Feb 02, 2022	2nd report cal.
Feb 01, 2022	1st report cal.380
Jan 05, 2022	referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly
May 25, 2021	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
May 19, 2021	amended on third reading 566a
Feb 03, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 02, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 01, 2021	1st report cal.208
Jan 06, 2021	referred to investigations and government operations

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Feb 1, 2022 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

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May 25, 2021 - floor Vote

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Feb 1, 2021 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

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S566 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8053
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: S3255, A501

S566 - Summary

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

S566 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S566

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the statute
of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
tices constituting sexual harassment to three years

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would extend the administrative statute of limitations for any
unlawful discrimination practice including sexual harassment from one
year to three years.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends section 297 of the Executive Law by stat-
ing any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed within
one year after the alleged discriminatory practice, provided that in
cases of sexual harassment, the complaint must be so filed within three

years after the unlawful discriminatory practice.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The time frame within which victims of unlawful discrimination including
sexual harassment must file administrative complaints with the Division
of Human Rights for investigation is alarmingly short as compared to the
amount of time it may take for a victim to come to terms with their
harassment. Many victims also may require more time to gather the cour-
age to file such claims. This bill would make a modest change to current
statute by extending the time period during which a victim of unlawful
discrimination including sexual harassment may file from one year to
three years.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.2378 of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Investigations and Government
Operations
S.8712 of 2018 (Hoylman): Died in Investigations and Government Oper-
ations
A.10776 of 2018 (Rozic): died in Governmental Operations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S566 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    566
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the  statute
   of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
   tices constituting sexual harassment 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.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02708-01-1

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S566A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8053
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: S3255, A501

S566A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

S566A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S566A

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would extend the administrative statute of limitations for any
unlawful discrimination practice from one year to three years.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends Section 297 ("Procedure") of Article 15 of
the Executive Law ("Human Rights Law") to extend the statute of limita-
tions for filing complaints about any alleged unlawful discriminatory
practices to the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) from one
year to three years, consistent with the current statute of limitations

for administration complaints to DHR alleging sexual harassment in
employment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The time frame within which victims of unlawful discriminatory practices
must file administrative complaints with the Division of Human Rights to
trigger an investigation is insufficiently short as compared to the
amount of time it may take for a victim to come to terms with their
harassment. Recognizing this, the Legislature in 2019 increased the
statute of limitations from one to three years for unlawful discrimina-
tory practices that constituted sexual harassment in employment.

This bill would raise the statute of limitations for all administrative
unlawful discriminatory practice complaints to three years, consistent
with the current law for unlawful discriminatory practices that consti-
tute sexual harassment in employment.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.2378 of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Investigations and Government
Operations
S.8712 of 2018 (Hoylman): Died in Investigations and Government Oper-
ations
A.10776 of 2018 (Rozic): died in Governmental Operations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S566A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  566--A
     Cal. No. 208
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN, BROUK, GAUGHRAN, JACKSON -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Investigations  and  Government  Operations -- reported favorably from
   said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
   order of third reading
 
 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.
                                                            LBD02708-02-1

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S566 - Details

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S566 - Sponsor Memo

S566 - Bill Text download pdf

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