New York Assembly Bill 1867 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 8 2009 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-01-25 - amended on third reading (t) 1867b
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

To establish the Farmworkers Fair Labor practices Act to allow farm workers overtime, a day of rest, disability insurance, unemployment benefits, and other labor protections granted to other workers in New York State.

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for an 8 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; defines "work agreement" and mandates use thereof; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers.

Asm. Inez Barron [D]	Asm. James Brennan [D]	Asm. Nelson Castro [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]
Asm. Vivian Cook [D]	Asm. Michael DenDekker [D]	Asm. Steven Englebright [D]	Sen. Adriano Espaillat [D]
Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Carl Heastie [D]	Asm. Rory Lancman [D]
Asm. Barbara Lifton [D]	Asm. Alan Maisel [D]	Asm. Nettie Mayersohn [D]	Asm. Grace Meng [D]
Asm. Michael Miller [D]	Asm. Joan Millman [D]	Asm. Catherine Nolan [D]	Asm. Daniel O'Donnell [D]
Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]	Sen. Jose Peralta [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]	Asm. Audrey Pheffer [D]
Asm. Peter Rivera [D]	Asm. William Scarborough [D]	Asm. Darryl Towns [D]	Asm. Harvey Weisenberg [D]

2009-06-08 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 86 N: 58 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-25		amended on third reading (t) 1867b
2010-01-12		amended on third reading (t) 1867a
2010-01-06		ordered to third reading cal.170
2010-01-06		RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2010-01-06		DIED IN SENATE
2009-06-08		REFERRED TO RULES
2009-06-08		delivered to senate
2009-06-08		passed assembly
2009-05-14		advanced to third reading cal.558
2009-05-12		reported
2009-02-11		reported referred to ways and means
2009-02-04		reported referred to codes
2009-01-12		referred to labor

S2247-B (Same As) 2010-04-20 - CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE - DEFEATED

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A01867&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A01867&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A01867B
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A01867&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1