Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 17, 2023 |
signed chap.658 |
Nov 13, 2023 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 07, 2023 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
Jun 01, 2023 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.428 substituted for a581 |
Jun 01, 2023 |
substituted by s4516 rules report cal.428 reported |
May 16, 2023 |
reported referred to rules |
Jan 09, 2023 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A581
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROZIC
Current Bill Status Via S4516 - 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
co-Sponsors
Zohran Mamdani
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Patricia Fahy
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
2023-A581 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A581 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits settlement agreements in any claim involving sexual harassment or any other form of discrimination prohibited by law from containing any condition that requires the complainant to pay the defendant liquidated damages in the event that the plaintiff violates any nondisclosure agreement included in such settlement agreement.
2023-A581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 581 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, MAMDANI, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, FAHY, GONZA- LEZ-ROJAS, PAULIN, BURDICK, L. ROSENTHAL, KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to violations of nondisclosure agreements in certain settlement agreements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 5-336 of the general obligations law, as amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: § 5-336. Nondisclosure agreements. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no employer, its officers or employees shall have the authority to include or agree to include in any settlement, agree- ment or other resolution of any claim, the factual foundation for which involves discrimination, HARASSMENT, OR RETALIATION, in violation of laws prohibiting discrimination, INCLUDING DISCRIMINATORY HARASSMENT OR RETALIATION, including but not limited to, article fifteen of the execu- tive law, any term or condition that would prevent the disclosure of the underlying facts and circumstances to the claim or action unless the condition of confidentiality is the complainant's preference. (b) Any such term or condition must be provided in writing to all parties in plain English, and, if applicable, the primary language of the complainant, and the complainant shall have UP TO twenty-one days to consider such term or condition. If [after twenty-one days such term or condition] CONFIDENTIALITY is the complainant's preference, such prefer- ence shall be memorialized in an agreement signed by all parties. For a period of at least seven days following the execution of such agreement, the complainant may revoke the agreement, and the agreement shall not become effective or be enforceable until such revocation period has expired. (c) Any such term or condition shall be void to the extent that it prohibits or otherwise restricts the complainant from: (i) initiating, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02527-01-3
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