Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 18, 2022 |
signed chap.154 delivered to governor |
Mar 02, 2022 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
Feb 07, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.372 substituted for a8842 |
Jan 18, 2022 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 10, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.61 |
Jan 07, 2022 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7733
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - 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
2021-S7733 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8842
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §297, Exec L (as proposed in S.749 & A.1899)
2021-S7733 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7733 SPONSOR: BIAGGI TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to attorney's fees with respect to claims of credit discrimination where sex is a basis and certain claims of employment discrimination PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2021, c.566, to clarify the scope of discrimination cases covered under the provisions of the underlying chapter. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation amends the underlying chapter by clarifying the award- ing of attorney's fees in credit discrimination cases is not limited to only those discrimination cases alleging sex-based discrimination.
2021-S7733 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7733 I N S E N A T E January 7, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to attorney's fees with respect to claims of credit discrimination where sex is a basis and certain claims of employment discrimination THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 297 of the executive law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the executive law relating to providing for the award of attorney's fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 749 and A. 1899, is amended to read as follows: 10. In an action or proceeding at law under this section or section two hundred ninety-eight of this article, the commissioner or the court may in its discretion award reasonable attorney's fees to any prevailing or substantially prevailing party; [and with respect to a claim of cred- it discrimination where sex is a basis of such discrimination, and with respect to all claims of employment discrimination in an action or proceeding at law under this section or section two hundred ninety-eight of this article, the commissioner or the court may in its discretion award reasonable attorney's fees attributable to such claim to any prevailing party;] provided, however, that a prevailing respondent or defendant in order to recover such reasonable attorney's fees must make a motion requesting such fees and show that the action or proceeding brought was frivolous; and further provided that in a proceeding brought in the division of human rights, the commissioner may only award attor- ney's fees as part of a final order after a public hearing held pursuant to subdivision four of this section. In no case shall attorney's fees be awarded to the division, nor shall the division be liable to a prevail- ing or substantially prevailing party for attorney's fees, except in a case in which the division is a party to the action or the proceeding in the division's capacity as an employer. Expert witness fees may be awarded in the same manner as attorney's fees. In cases of employment discrimination, a respondent shall only be liable for attorney's fees EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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