| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 01, 2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.426 substituted for a501 |
| Mar 13, 2023 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Feb 08, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
| Feb 07, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
| Feb 06, 2023 | 1st report cal.280 |
| Jan 30, 2023 | referred to investigations and government operations |
senate Bill S3255
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Samra G. Brouk
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
Robert Jackson
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
S3255 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3255 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3255
SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the statute
of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
tices to three years
PURPOSE:
This bill would extend the administrative statute of limitations for any
unlawful discrimination practice from one year to three years.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends Section 297 ("Procedure") of Article 15 of
the Executive Law ("Human Rights Law") to extend the statute of limita-
tions for filing complaints about any alleged unlawful discriminatory
practices to the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) from one
year to three years, consistent with the current statute of limitations
for administration complaints to DHR alleging sexual harassment in
S3255 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3255
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BROUK, JACKSON, KRUEGER -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Investigations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the statute
of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
tices to three years
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 297 of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
5. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed with-
in [one year] THREE YEARS after the alleged unlawful discriminatory
practice. [In cases of sexual harassment in employment, any complaint
filed pursuant to this section must be so filed within three years after
the alleged unlawful discriminatory practices.]
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply to all unlawful discriminatory prac-
tice claims arising on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02756-01-3
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