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Assembly Bill A1620

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the liability of an employee committing an unlawful discriminatory practice

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2025-A1620 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §299-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11360
2019-2020: A1067
2021-2022: A2019
2023-2024: A579

2025-A1620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the liability of an employee committing an unlawful discriminatory practice; creates joint and several liability for employers and employees responsible for unlawful discriminatory practices.

2025-A1620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1620
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  liability  of  an
   employee committing an unlawful discriminatory practice
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  299-a
 to read as follows:
   §  299-A.  LIABILITY  OF  EMPLOYEES.  WHEN  THE  DIVISION HAS FOUND AN
 EMPLOYER TO BE LIABLE FOR AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE  OR  PRAC-
 TICES  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE, THE EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMITTING SUCH
 UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE  OR  PRACTICES  SHALL  BE  JOINTLY  AND
 SEVERALLY  LIABLE  WITH  THE EMPLOYER FOR ANY DAMAGES AWARDED UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04162-01-5

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