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Senate Bill S5153A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

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2023-S5153 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8927
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7765
2015-2016: A7718
2017-2018: A3809
2019-2020: S4358, A2242
2021-2022: S4420, A5889
2025-2026: S3895, A5012

2023-S5153 - Summary

Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.

2023-S5153 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5153 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5153
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of employer
   and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs  to
   prevent workplace violence

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of  the  labor
 law,  as  amended by chapter 504 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
 state, provided, however  that  this  subdivision  shall  not  mean  any
 employer  as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one-a of the educa-
 tion law; (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation,  or  any
 other  governmental  agency  or  instrumentality  thereof;  [and] (4) an
 authorized agency as defined in paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  ten  of
 section  three  hundred  seventy-one  of  the  social  services law that
 accepts children adjudicated delinquent under article three of the fami-
 ly court act; AND (5) A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN  PARA-
 GRAPH  (A)  OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
 LAW, WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGET THROUGH GOVERN-
 MENT SOURCES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02338-01-3

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2023-S5153A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8927
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7765
2015-2016: A7718
2017-2018: A3809
2019-2020: S4358, A2242
2021-2022: S4420, A5889
2025-2026: S3895, A5012

2023-S5153A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.

2023-S5153A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5153A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5153--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor  --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee  on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of employer
   and  the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to
   prevent workplace violence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor
 law, as amended by chapter 351 of the laws of 2023, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
 state;  (3)  a  public  authority,  a public benefit corporation, or any
 other governmental agency  or  instrumentality  thereof;  [and]  (4)  an
 authorized  agency  as  defined  in  paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of
 section three hundred  seventy-one  of  the  social  services  law  that
 accepts children adjudicated delinquent under article three of the fami-
 ly  court act; AND (5) A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH (A) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION
 LAW, WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGET THROUGH GOVERN-
 MENT SOURCES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02338-03-4

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