Bill Text: NY A07110 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires certain elected officials to sign and publicly post a signed certificate proving they completed their sexual harassment training program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-11 - held for consideration in labor [A07110 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07110-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7110

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Labor

        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring certain  elected
          officials  to  sign  and  publicly  post  a  certificate  proving they
          completed their sexual harassment training program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 201-g of the labor law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. Upon completion of a sexual harassment training program, the gover-
     4  nor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller and  members  of
     5  the  state legislature shall sign a certificate under penalty of perjury
     6  attesting to the  individual's  completion  of  such  sexual  harassment
     7  training  program.  The governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general,
     8  and comptroller shall each post on their website a copy of their  signed
     9  certification  within  thirty  days of completion of such training.  The
    10  secretary of the New York state senate shall post on the New York  state
    11  senate governmental website a copy of each member's signed certification
    12  within  thirty days of completion of such training. The clerk of the New
    13  York state assembly shall post on the New York  state  assembly  govern-
    14  mental website a copy of each member's signed certification within thir-
    15  ty days of completion of such training.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10486-03-1
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