Assembly Bill A7896

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against a person who protests against or discloses any bribery or attempted bribery of a public official

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A7896 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §740, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7649
2015-2016: A1137
2017-2018: A2156
2019-2020: A1679
2021-2022: A3995

2023-A7896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against a person who protests against or discloses any bribery or attempted bribery of a public official.

2023-A7896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7896
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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  retaliatory  action  by
   employers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 740 of the labor law,  as  amended
 by chapter 522 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Prohibitions.  An  employer  shall not take any retaliatory action
 against an employee, whether or not within the scope of  the  employee's
 job duties, because such employee does any of the following:
   (a)  (I)  discloses,  or threatens to disclose to a supervisor or to a
 public body an activity, policy or practice of  the  employer  that  the
 employee  reasonably believes is in violation of law, rule or regulation
 or that the employee reasonably believes poses a substantial and specif-
 ic danger to the public health or safety; OR
   [(b)] (II) provides information to, or testifies  before,  any  public
 body  conducting  an  investigation,  hearing  or  inquiry into any such
 activity, policy or practice by such employer; or
   [(c)] (III) objects to, or refuses to participate in any  such  activ-
 ity, policy or practice; OR
   (B)  PROTESTS  OR DISCLOSES, WHETHER TO A SUPERVISOR, A PUBLIC ENTITY,
 OR TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, ANY ACTION WHICH  THE  EMPLOYEE  REASONABLY
 BELIEVES  CONSTITUTES  A  VIOLATION  OF  SECTION SEVENTY-THREE, SEVENTY-
 THREE-A, SEVENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-FIVE, OR SEVENTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC  OFFI-
 CERS  LAW  OR  SECTION  175.20,  175.25,  175.40,  195.20 OR ARTICLE TWO
 HUNDRED OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09782-01-3

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