Assembly Bill A1322

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to crimes involving the death or serious physical injury of an employee

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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-A1322 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1325
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§10.00, 20.20, 60.27 & 80.10, Pen L; amd §5, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.621-B & A.4947-B)

2023-A1322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to crimes involving the death or serious physical injury of an employee; defines employee; updates the effectiveness of such provisions.

2023-A1322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1322
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to crimes involving the death
   or serious physical injury of an employee; and to amend a  chapter  of
   the  laws  of 2022 amending the penal law relating to crimes involving
   the death or injury of a worker,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
   numbers  S.    621-B  and  A. 4947-B, in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 20.20 OF THIS PART AND  SECTION  60.27
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  THE  TERM "EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON PROVIDING
 LABOR OR SERVICES FOR REMUNERATION FOR  A  PRIVATE  ENTITY  OR  BUSINESS
 WITHIN  NEW  YORK  STATE,  WITHOUT REGARD TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S IMMIGRATION
 STATUS, AND SHALL INCLUDE PART-TIME  WORKERS,  INDEPENDENT  CONTRACTORS,
 APPRENTICES,  DOMESTIC WORKERS, HOME CARE AND PERSONAL CARE WORKERS, DAY
 LABORERS, FARMWORKERS, AND OTHER TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL WORKERS.
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 20.20 of the penal law,
 as amended by a chapter of the laws  of  2022  amending  the  penal  law
 relating  to  crimes  involving  the  death  or  injury  of a worker, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 621-B and A. 4947-B, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (c) The conduct constituting the offense is engaged in by an agent  of
 the corporation while acting within the scope of his employment and [in]
 ON  behalf of the corporation, and the offense is (i) a misdemeanor or a
 violation, (ii) one defined by  a  statute  which  clearly  indicates  a
 legislative  intent  to impose such criminal liability on a corporation,
 (iii) any offense set forth in title twenty-seven of article seventy-one
 of the environmental conservation law, or (iv) is in relation to a crime
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04304-01-3
              

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