Senate Bill S4442

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the "New York State Transparency in Supply Chains Act"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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-S4442 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-mm, Gen Bus L; add §220, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6282
2021-2022: S748

2023-S4442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "New York state transparency in supply chains act" which requires businesses to fully disclose efforts being taken to eliminate human trafficking within the supply chain process and provide those disclosures to consumers.

2023-S4442 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4442
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the tax law, in relation to
   enacting  the  "New York State Transparency in Supply Chains Act", and
   to require businesses within the state to disclose their  preventative
   measures against human trafficking
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York state transparency in supply chains act".
   § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that human traf-
 ficking  is a crime under state, federal and international law, and that
 these crimes exist in every country, including the  United  States,  and
 the state of New York. As a result of the criminal nature of human traf-
 ficking,  this  crime  is often difficult to uncover and track.  Signif-
 icant legislative efforts have been  made  to  capture  and  punish  the
 perpetrators  of  this  crime  and  also to ensure that victims of human
 trafficking are provided with  the  necessary  rights  and  protections.
 However,  legislative  efforts  to  address  the  market  for  goods and
 products tainted by human trafficking have been lacking, with the market
 being a key impetus for these crimes. Studies have shown that  a  number
 of  goods  from all over the world are believed to be produced by forced
 labor or child  labor  in  violation  of  international  standards,  and
 consumers  and  businesses  are  inadvertently promoting and sanctioning
 these crimes through the purchase of goods and products that  have  been
 tainted  in  the  supply  chain.  Absent  public  available disclosures,
 consumers are at a disadvantage in being able to  distinguish  companies
 on the merits of their efforts to supply products free from the taint of
 human  trafficking.  Consumers  are  at  a disadvantage in being able to
 force the eradication of human trafficking by way  of  their  purchasing
 decisions. The purpose of this law is to ensure that large retailers and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08770-01-3
              

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