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Assembly Bill A11095

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Ensures diversity and inclusion at certain state entities and combats harassment and discrimination in the workplace

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2025-A11095 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 11-C §§179 - 179-e, Civ Serv L

2025-A11095 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the committee for diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity, the office of diversity management, and the state workforce diversity and inclusions council to ensure diversity and inclusion at certain state entities and combat harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

2025-A11095 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11095
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  establishing  the
   committee  for diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity, the office
   of diversity management, and the state workforce diversity and  inclu-
   sion  council to ensure diversity and inclusion at certain state enti-
   ties and combat harassment and discrimination in the workplace
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new article
 11-C to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE XI-C
                DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
 SECTION 179.   DEFINITIONS.
         179-A. COMMITTEE FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION,  AND  EQUAL  OPPORTU-
                  NITY.
         179-B. OFFICE OF DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT.
         179-C. COMPREHENSIVE STATE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PLANNING.
         179-D. THE STATE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COUNCIL.
         179-E. COMBATING  HARASSMENT  AND  DISCRIMINATION IN STATE AGEN-
                  CIES.
   § 179. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   (A) "COMMITTEE" SHALL MEAN THE COMMITTEE FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND
 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE.
   (B) "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT ESTABLISHED
 BY THIS ARTICLE.
   (C) "PROTECTED CLASS  DISCRIMINATION"  SHALL  MEAN  EMPLOYMENT-RELATED
 DISCRIMINATION THAT IS UNLAWFUL PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAWS, RULES OR REGU-
 LATIONS  AND/OR  STATE  LAWS,  RULES  OR  REGULATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, TITLE VII OF THE FEDERAL CIVIL  RIGHTS  ACT,  THE  AMERICANS
 WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   (D)  "STATE  ENTITIES"  SHALL  MEAN:  (I) ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, BOARD,
 BUREAU, COMMISSION, DIVISION, OFFICE, COUNCIL OR AGENCY OVER  WHICH  THE
 GOVERNOR  HAS  EXECUTIVE  AUTHORITY;  AND (II) ANY PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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