Bill Text: NY A01352 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of labor to conduct a study on the impact of job automation on the workforce in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to labor [A01352 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01352-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1352

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 8, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. L. 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:

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of labor  shall  conduct  a  comprehensive
     2  study  analyzing  the  impact  of job automation on the workforce in New
     3  York state and publish a report on such findings.
     4    § 2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to,  the  following
     5  information:
     6    (a) the current trends of emerging technologies in New York state, and
     7  the types of emerging technologies that may lead to job automation;
     8    (b)  the particular occupations and industries to be affected, and the
     9  estimated number of jobs that may be lost within  such  occupations  and
    10  industries;
    11    (c)  the economic impact of job automation on different regions of the
    12  state and the state as a whole;
    13    (d) the effect of job automation on various demographic groups  within
    14  the state, including, but not limited to, age, race, sex, and income;
    15    (e) strategies to re-train affected employees for participation in the
    16  workforce; and
    17    (f)  any additional information the commissioner of labor deems perti-
    18  nent for the purposes of this act.
    19    § 3. For the purposes of this  act,  the  commissioner  of  labor  may
    20  conduct  such  study in conjunction with any other department, division,
    21  board, bureau, commission, agency, or  public  authority  of  the  state
    22  deemed  necessary.  To  the  maximum  extent feasible, such commissioner
    23  shall be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such resources  and
    24  data of any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agen-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00688-01-1
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     1  cy, or public authority of the state as he or she may reasonably request
     2  to properly carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this act.
     3    § 4. The commissioner of labor shall publish such report to the gover-
     4  nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
     5  the chair of the senate committee on labor and the chair of the assembly
     6  committee on labor no later than December 31, 2022.
     7    §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     8  deemed repealed January 1, 2023.