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Senate Bill S7137A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands the ethical duties of public officers and employees

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2023-S7137 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §74, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8421
2025-2026: S4197

2023-S7137 - Summary

Expands the ethical duties of public officers and employees to include compliance with the state human rights law and any policies or procedures implemented by their employer related thereto.

2023-S7137 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7137 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7137
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
   nance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding the
   ethical duties of public officers and employees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 74 of the public officers law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. OTHER ETHICAL DUTIES. IT SHALL  BE  THE  ETHICAL  DUTY  OF  EVERY
 PERSON  SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION TO COMPLY WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND ANY  POLICIES  OR
 PROCEDURES  IMPLEMENTED  BY  THEIR LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER, STATE AGENCY, OR
 STATE OFFICE RELATED THERETO. NO PERSON SHALL COMMIT AN ACT  OF  HARASS-
 MENT  OR  DISCRIMINATION WHILE SERVING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND NO
 SUCH PERSON SERVING IN A SUPERVISORY CAPACITY SHALL KNOW OF  AN  ACT  OF
 DISCRIMINATION  OR  HARASSMENT  WITHOUT TAKING ACTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, IMPOSING CONSEQUENCES ON THE  PERPETRATOR  OF  SUCH  ACT  OF
 DISCRIMINATION  OR  HARASSMENT  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAW,
 RULE, POLICY OR PROCEDURE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11181-01-3

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2023-S7137A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §74, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8421
2025-2026: S4197

2023-S7137A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the ethical duties of public officers and employees to include compliance with the state human rights law and any policies or procedures implemented by their employer related thereto.

2023-S7137A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7137A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7137--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GOUNARDES, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Ethics  and
   Internal  Governance  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Ethics and
   Internal Governance 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 public officers law, in relation  to  expanding  the
   ethical duties of public officers and employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 74 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  OTHER ETHICAL DUTIES. IT SHALL BE THE ETHICAL DUTY OF EVERY PERSON
 SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO COMPLY WITH THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  ARTICLE  FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND ANY POLICIES OR PROCEDURES
 IMPLEMENTED BY THEIR LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER, STATE AGENCY, OR STATE  OFFICE
 RELATED THERETO. NO PERSON SHALL COMMIT AN ACT OF HARASSMENT OR DISCRIM-
 INATION  WHILE  SERVING  IN  THEIR  OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND NO SUCH PERSON
 SERVING IN A SUPERVISORY CAPACITY SHALL KNOW OF AN ACT OF DISCRIMINATION
 OR HARASSMENT WITHOUT TAKING  ACTION,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 IMPOSING  CONSEQUENCES  ON THE PERPETRATOR OF SUCH ACT OF DISCRIMINATION
 OR HARASSMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE  LAW,  RULE,  POLICY  OR
 PROCEDURE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11181-02-4

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