New York Assembly Bill 8421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 95-1)
Status: Passed on August 12 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-08-12 - signed chap.160
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides increased protections for protected classes and special protections for employees who have been sexually harassed; prohibits nondisclosure agreements related to discrimination; prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses related to discrimination; requires employers to provide employees notice of their sexual harassment prevention training program in writing in English and in employees' primary languages; extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful or discriminatory practices constituting sexual harassment to three years; requires review and update of the model sexual harassment prevention guidance document and sexual harassment prevention policy; and directs the commissioner of labor to conduct a study on strengthening sexual harassment prevention laws.

Provides increased protections for protected classes and special protections for employees who have been sexually harassed; prohibits nondisclosure agreements related to discrimination; prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses related to discrimination; requires employers to provide employees notice of their sexual harassment prevention training program in writing in English and in employees' primary languages; extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful or discriminatory practices constituting sexual harassment to three years; requires review and update of the model sexual harassment prevention guidance document and sexual harassment prevention policy; and directs the commissioner of labor to conduct a study on strengthening sexual harassment prevention laws.

Asm. Aravella Simotas [D]	Asm. Tremaine Wright [D]	Asm. Nily Rozic [D]	Asm. Michele Titus [D]
Asm. Marcos Crespo [D]	Asm. Latrice Walker [D]	Asm. Helene Weinstein [D]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]
Asm. Catalina Cruz [D]	Asm. Catherine Nolan [D]	Asm. Dan Quart [D]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]
Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Sandra Galef [D]	Asm. Carmen Arroyo [D]	Asm. Amy Paulin [D]
Asm. Barbara Lifton [D]	Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]	Asm. Donna Lupardo [D]	Asm. Ellen Jaffee [D]
Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Asm. Didi Barrett [D]	Asm. Patricia Fahy [D]	Asm. Michaelle Solages [D]
Asm. Maritza Davila [D]	Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn [D]	Asm. Kimberly Jean-Pierre [D]	Asm. Latoya Joyner [D]
Asm. Rebecca Seawright [D]	Asm. Carrie Woerner [D]	Asm. Pamela Hunter [D]	Asm. Alicia Hyndman [D]
Asm. Diane Richardson [D]	Asm. Carmen De La Rosa [D]	Asm. Inez Dickens [D]	Asm. Yuh-line Niou [D]
Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato [D]	Asm. Jaime Williams [D]	Sen. Nathalia Fernandez [D]	Asm. Mathylde Frontus [D]
Asm. Judy Griffin [D]	Asm. Karen McMahon [D]	Asm. Taylor Darling [D]	Asm. Karines Reyes [D]
Asm. Jamie Romeo [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Robin Schimminger [D]	Asm. Peter Abbate [D]
Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]	Asm. Steven Englebright [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]
Asm. Gary Pretlow [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. William Magnarelli [D]
Asm. Steven Cymbrowitz [D]	Asm. Jose Rivera [D]	Asm. Michael Cusick [D]	Asm. Daniel O'Donnell [D]
Asm. Philip Ramos [D]	Asm. Michael Benedetto [D]	Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]
Asm. Albert Stirpe [D]	Asm. Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Asm. Michael DenDekker [D]	Asm. Michael Miller [D]
Asm. Fred Thiele [D]	Asm. Thomas Abinanti [D]	Asm. Edward Braunstein [D]	Asm. Harry Bronson [D]
Asm. Robert Rodriguez [D]	Asm. David Weprin [D]	Sen. Sean Ryan [D]	Asm. David Buchwald [D]
Asm. Ron Kim [D]	Asm. Walter Mosley [D]	Asm. Steven Otis [D]	Asm. Phillip Steck [D]
Asm. Victor Pichardo [D]	Asm. Michael Blake [D]	Asm. Charles Barron [D]	Asm. Brian Barnwell [D]
Asm. Anthony D'Urso [D]	Asm. D. Billy Jones [D]	Asm. Clyde Vanel [D]	Asm. Daniel Rosenthal [D]
Asm. Patrick Burke [D]	Asm. Simcha Eichenstein [D]	Asm. Harvey Epstein [D]	Asm. Charles Fall [D]
Asm. Jonathan Jacobson [D]	Asm. Nader Sayegh [D]	Asm. Joseph DeStefano [R]	Asm. Joseph Lentol [D]

2019-06-19 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 62 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-19 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 128 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-06-18 - Assembly - Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (Y: 27 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-06-18 - Assembly - Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (Y: 19 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2019-06-17 - Assembly - Assembly Codes Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means (Y: 16 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-12	Senate	signed chap.160
2019-08-12	Assembly	delivered to governor
2019-06-19	Senate	RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2019-06-19	Senate	PASSED SENATE
2019-06-19	Senate	3RD READING CAL.1663
2019-06-19	Senate	SUBSTITUTED FOR S6577
2019-06-19	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES
2019-06-19	Assembly	delivered to senate
2019-06-19	Assembly	passed assembly
2019-06-18	Assembly	ordered to third reading rules cal.580
2019-06-18	Assembly	rules report cal.580
2019-06-18	Assembly	reported
2019-06-18	Assembly	reported referred to rules
2019-06-17	Assembly	reported referred to ways and means
2019-06-16	Assembly	referred to codes

S06577 (Same As) 2019-08-12 - signed chap.160

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8421
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08421&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08421
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08421&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC1
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08421&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC3
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08421&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC2
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08421&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8421#SF1