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Jan 25, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Jan 24, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 23, 2023 | 1st report cal.174 |
Jan 05, 2023 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
senate Bill S636
Sponsored By
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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S636 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Business Corporation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §408, BC L; amd §301, Lim Lil L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S8435
S636 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S636 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the business corporation law and the limited liability company law, in relation to requiring certain companies and corporations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnicity of their employees PURPOSE: To provide data to the public about the gender, ethnicity, and race of companies' employees. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one adds a new paragraph (e) to the business corporation law to require corporations which are required to file an Employer Information report EEO-1 with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to file substantially similar information with the New York Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall publish the data on its
S636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 636 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the business corporation law and the limited liability company law, in relation to requiring certain companies and corpo- rations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnici- ty of their employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 1 of section 408 of the business corporation law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (e) to read as follows: (E) FOR THOSE CORPORATIONS REQUIRED TO FILE AN EMPLOYER INFORMATION REPORT EEO-1 WITH THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, INFORMA- TION THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE EMPLOYMENT DATA REPORTED UNDER SECTION D OF SUCH CORPORATION'S MOST RECENTLY FILED EEO-1 IN A FORMAT APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. FOR EACH CORPORATION THAT SUBMITS DATA PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PUBLISH THE DATA ON THE GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY OF EACH CORPORATION'S EMPLOYEES ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PUBLISH SUCH INFORMATION WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF A PROPERLY FILED STATEMENT OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS PRACTICABLE. § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (e) of section 301 of the limited liability company law, as amended by section 5 of part S of chapter 59 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, every limited liability company to which this chapter applies, shall biennially in the calendar month during which its articles of organization or application for authority were filed, or effective date thereof if stated, file on forms prescribed by the secretary of state, a statement setting forth the post office address within or without this state to which the secre- tary of state shall mail a copy of any process accepted against it EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03247-01-3
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