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                                    426
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sens. LIU, BROUK, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, RAMOS -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative law, in relation to authorizing the
   commission on ethics and lobbying in government to provide a  training
   course  concerning  anti-sexual  harassment training for lobbyists and
   requiring lobbyists to complete the course annually
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 1-d of the legislative law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
   (I) PROVIDE AN ONLINE ANTI-SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING COURSE FOR INDI-
 VIDUALS FILING STATEMENTS  OF  REGISTRATION  AS  LOBBYISTS  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  ONE-E  OF THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS FILING AN INITIAL
 REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND INDIVIDUALS  FILING  A  RENEWAL  REGISTRATION
 STATEMENT.   THE CURRICULUM FOR THE COURSE SHALL BE BASED UPON THE MODEL
 SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION GUIDANCE  DOCUMENT  AND  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT
 PREVENTION  POLICY  PROMULGATED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE-G OF THE LABOR LAW AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, EXPLANATIONS AND  DISCUSSIONS  OF  WHAT  CONSTITUTES  SEXUAL
 HARASSMENT,  THE  STATUTES AND REGULATIONS OF NEW YORK CONCERNING SEXUAL
 HARASSMENT, SUMMARIES OF  ADVISORY  OPINIONS,  UNDERLYING  PURPOSES  AND
 PRINCIPLES  OF  THE RELEVANT LAWS, AND EXAMPLES OF PRACTICAL APPLICATION
 OF THESE LAWS AND PRINCIPLES.   THE CURRICULUM  SHALL  INCLUDE  SPECIFIC
 MATERIAL  RELATING TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT ISSUES IN THE LOBBYING AND ADVO-
 CACY INDUSTRY. THE COMMISSION SHALL PREPARE THOSE METHODS AND  MATERIALS
 NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE CURRICULUM.  THE COMMISSION SHALL PREPARE AND
 PUBLISH  ON ITS WEBSITE A LIST OF THE NAMES OF LOBBYISTS WHO HAVE FAILED
 TO COMPLETE THE TRAINING COURSE BY THE REQUIRED DATE AND ARE  PROHIBITED
 FROM  ENGAGING  IN  LOBBYING  ACTIVITIES,  PROVIDED THE COMMISSION SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01680-01-5
 S. 426                              2
 
 UPDATE THE LIST AND REMOVE THE NAME OF ANY LOBBYIST THAT  COMPLETES  THE
 TRAINING COURSE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS OF THE LOBBYIST'S COMPLETION OF
 THE TRAINING COURSE.
   §  2.  Sections  1-u  and  1-v  of the legislative law, section 1-v as
 relettered by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are relettered sections 1-v
 and 1-w and a new section 1-u is added to read as follows:
   § 1-U. ANTI-SEXUAL  HARASSMENT  TRAINING.  EACH  INDIVIDUAL  FILING  A
 REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  AS A LOBBYIST PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE-E OF THIS
 ARTICLE, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS FILING AN INITIAL REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
 AND  INDIVIDUALS FILING A RENEWAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT, SHALL COMPLETE
 THE ANTI-SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING COURSE PROVIDED  BY  THE  COMMISSION
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  (I) OF SECTION ONE-D OF THIS ARTICLE AT LEAST
 ONCE ANNUALLY DURING THE PERIOD THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS REGISTERED AS  A
 LOBBYIST. COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING COURSE SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO, AND
 SHALL  NOT  SATISFY, ANY OTHER STATUTORY OR REGULATORY REQUIREMENT UNDER
 STATE OR LOCAL LAW. IF ANY PERSON WHO HAS  BEEN  RETAINED,  EMPLOYED  OR
 DESIGNATED AS A LOBBYIST ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER FIFTEENTH OF THE PREVIOUS
 CALENDAR  YEAR FAILS TO COMPLETE SUCH COURSE BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF
 THAT YEAR, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE PROHIBITED  FROM  ENGAGING  IN  LOBBYING
 ACTIVITIES IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR UNTIL THE PERSON COMPLETES THE TRAINING
 COURSE. IF ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN RETAINED, EMPLOYED OR DESIGNATED AS A
 LOBBYIST AFTER DECEMBER FIFTEENTH OF THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR FAILS TO
 COMPLETE SUCH COURSE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH RETENTION, EMPLOYMENT OR
 DESIGNATION,  SUCH  PERSON SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN LOBBYING
 ACTIVITIES UNTIL THE PERSON COMPLETES THE TRAINING COURSE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply  to  indi-
 viduals registered as lobbyists on and after January 1, 2027.