senate Bill S3255

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate


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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
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

Votes

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Feb 6, 2023 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

S3255
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Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Feb 6, 2023

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S3255 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A501
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §297, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8712
2019-2020: S2378
2021-2022: S566, A8053

S3255 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years.

S3255 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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