Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 06, 2023 |
signed chap.353 |
Sep 05, 2023 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2023 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
Jun 08, 2023 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.668 substituted for a154a |
Jun 08, 2023 |
substituted by s2832a rules report cal.668 reported reported referred to rules |
May 16, 2023 |
print number 154a |
May 16, 2023 |
amend and recommit to codes |
Jan 04, 2023 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A154A
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRUZ
Current Bill Status Via S2832 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
Joe DeStefano
Inez E. Dickens
Vivian Cook
2023-A154 - Details
2023-A154 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 154 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, AUBRY, DeSTEFANO, DICKENS, COOK, FALL, EPSTEIN, WILLIAMS, McMAHON, WEPRIN, VANEL, McDONOUGH, RAMOS, JACOBSON, STECK, LUPARDO, BRABENEC, BURGOS, DINOWITZ, COLTON, ROZIC, REYES, LUCAS, CARROLL, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to wage theft THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 155.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1986, is amended and a new subdi- vision 10 is added to read as follows: 1. "Property" means any money, WAGES, personal property, real proper- ty, computer data, computer program, thing in action, evidence of debt or contract, or any article, substance or thing of value, including any gas, steam, water or electricity, which is provided for a charge or compensation. 10. "WORKFORCE" MEANS A GROUP OF ONE OR MORE PEOPLE PROVIDING SERVICES IN EXCHANGE FOR WAGES FOR ONE PERSON OR ENTITY. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 155.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: (F) BY WAGE THEFT. A PERSON OBTAINS PROPERTY BY WAGE THEFT WHEN HE OR SHE AGREES TO HIRE A PERSON TO PERFORM SERVICES AND THE PERSON PERFORMS SUCH SERVICES AND THE DEFENDANT WITHHOLDS SUCH WAGES FROM SAID PERSON. IN A PROSECUTION FOR WAGE THEFT, FOR THE PURPOSES OF VENUE, IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO AGGRE- GATE ALL TAKINGS FROM ONE PERSON FROM ONE DEFENDANT, INTO ONE LARCENY COUNT, EVEN IF THE TAKINGS OCCURRED IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES. IT IS ALSO PERMISSIBLE TO AGGREGATE TAKINGS FROM A WORKFORCE INTO ONE LARCENY COUNT. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
Joe DeStefano
Inez E. Dickens
Vivian Cook
2023-A154A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A154A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 154--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, AUBRY, DeSTEFANO, DICKENS, COOK, FALL, EPSTEIN, WILLIAMS, McMAHON, WEPRIN, VANEL, McDONOUGH, RAMOS, JACOBSON, STECK, LUPARDO, BRABENEC, BURGOS, DINOWITZ, COLTON, ROZIC, REYES, LUCAS, CARROLL, THIELE, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BORES, HEVESI, WOERNER, BURDICK, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to wage theft THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 155.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1986, is amended and a new subdi- vision 10 is added to read as follows: 1. "Property" means any money, COMPENSATION FOR LABOR OR SERVICES, personal property, real property, computer data, computer program, thing in action, evidence of debt or contract, or any article, substance or thing of value, including any gas, steam, water or electricity, which is provided for a charge or compensation. 10. "WORKFORCE" MEANS A GROUP OF ONE OR MORE PERSONS WHO WORK IN EXCHANGE FOR WAGES. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 155.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: (F) BY WAGE THEFT. A PERSON OBTAINS PROPERTY BY WAGE THEFT WHEN HE OR SHE HIRES A PERSON TO PERFORM SERVICES AND THE PERSON PERFORMS SUCH SERVICES AND THE PERSON DOES NOT PAY WAGES, AT THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE AND OVERTIME, OR PROMISED WAGE, IF GREATER THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE AND OVERTIME, TO SAID PERSON FOR WORK PERFORMED. IN A PROSECUTION FOR WAGE THEFT, FOR THE PURPOSES OF VENUE, IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO AGGREGATE ALL NONPAYMENTS OR UNDERPAY- MENTS TO ONE PERSON FROM ONE PERSON, INTO ONE LARCENY COUNT, EVEN IF THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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