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Assembly Bill A1446

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to mandating bystander intervention training

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2025-A1446 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §295, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3644
2021-2022: A5696
2023-2024: A2248

2025-A1446 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates that all state employees attend bystander intervention training for sexual harassment prevention annually.

2025-A1446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1446
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMON,  SEAWRIGHT,  JACKSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   LEMONDES, DAVILA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  mandating  bystander
   intervention  training  for sexual harassment prevention for all state
   employees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 295 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19.  TO  MANDATE  THAT  ALL  STATE  EMPLOYEES  SHALL ANNUALLY ATTEND A
 BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY  THE  DIVISION  FOR
 THE PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02791-01-5

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