Assembly Bill A863

                             
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                                    863
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT requiring the department of labor  to  conduct  a  study  on  the
   impact  of  job  automation  on  the  workforce  in New York state and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of labor shall conduct a comprehensive
 study analyzing the impact of job automation on  the  workforce  in  New
 York state and publish a report on such findings.
   §  2.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
 information:
   (a) the current trends of emerging technologies in New York state, and
 the types of emerging technologies that may lead to job automation;
   (b) the particular occupations and industries to be affected, and  the
 estimated  number  of  jobs that may be lost within such occupations and
 industries;
   (c) the economic impact of job automation on different regions of  the
 state and the state as a whole;
   (d)  the effect of job automation on various demographic groups within
 the state, including, but not limited to, age, race, sex, and income;
   (e) strategies to re-train affected employees for participation in the
 workforce; and
   (f) any additional information the commissioner of labor deems  perti-
 nent for the purposes of this act.
   §  3.  For  the  purposes  of  this act, the commissioner of labor may
 conduct such study in conjunction with any other  department,  division,
 board,  bureau,  commission,  agency,  or  public authority of the state
 deemed necessary. To the  maximum  extent  feasible,  such  commissioner
 shall  be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such resources and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 data of any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agen-
 cy, or public authority of the state as such commissioner may reasonably
 request to properly carry out  such  commissioner's  powers  and  duties
 pursuant to this act.
   § 4. The commissioner of labor shall publish such report to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
 the chair of the senate committee on labor and the chair of the assembly
 committee on labor no later than December 31, 2026.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2027.