Bill Text: NY A00717 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires reporting of the number of sexual harassment complaints by clients of lobbyists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A00717 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00717-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 717--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to sexual harassment complaints by clients of lobbyists The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision c of section 1-e of the legislative law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 9 to read as follows: 3 (9) (i) the number, if any, of complaints related to sexual harassment 4 received, by the lobbyist or their organization filed by the client of a 5 lobbyist or persons, organizations, or legislative bodies before which 6 the lobbyist is lobbying. 7 (ii) For purposes of this section only "complaints related to sexual 8 harassment" shall mean a complaint that would qualify under the rules or 9 regulations promulgated under section two hundred one-g of the labor law 10 or section two hundred ninety-six-d of the executive law. 11 § 2. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative 12 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows: 13 (vi) (A) the number, if any, of complaints related to sexual harass- 14 ment received, by the lobbyist or their organization filed by the client 15 of a lobbyist or persons, organizations, or legislative bodies before 16 which the lobbyist is lobbying. 17 (B) For purposes of this section only "complaints related to sexual 18 harassment" shall mean a complaint that would qualify under the rules or 19 regulations promulgated under section two hundred one-g of the labor law 20 or section two hundred ninety-six-d of the executive law. 21 § 3. Paragraph 6 of subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative 22 law, as added by section 7-b of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 23 2011, is amended and a new paragraph 7 is added to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01658-03-9A. 717--A 2 1 (6) (i) the name and public office address of any statewide elected 2 official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or legis- 3 lative employee and entity with whom the client of a lobbyist has a 4 reportable business relationship; 5 (ii) a description of the general subject or subjects of the trans- 6 actions between the client of a lobbyist and the statewide elected offi- 7 cial, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or legisla- 8 tive employee and entity; [and] 9 (iii) the compensation, including expenses, to be paid and paid by 10 virtue of the business relationship[.]; and 11 (7) (i) the number, if any, of complaints related to sexual harassment 12 received, by the lobbyist or their organization filed by the client of a 13 lobbyist or persons, organizations, or legislative bodies before which 14 the lobbyist is lobbying; 15 (ii) for purposes of this section only "complaints related to sexual 16 harassment" shall mean a complaint that would qualify under the rules or 17 regulations promulgated under section two hundred one-g of the labor law 18 or section two hundred ninety-six-d of the executive law. 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
