Bill Text: NY A08929 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to written statements upon any adverse action against any person previously convicted of a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-19 - referred to correction [A08929 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08929-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8929

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 19, 2022
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN,  O'DONNELL,  AUBRY  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation  to  written  statements
          upon  any  adverse action against any person previously convicted of a
          criminal offense

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

     1    Section  1. Section 754 of the correction law, as added by chapter 931
     2  of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 754. Written statement upon denial of license or employment or other
     4  adverse action.  At the request of any person  previously  convicted  of
     5  one  or  more criminal offenses who has been denied a license or employ-
     6  ment or against whom an adverse action has been taken with respect to  a
     7  license  or  employment,  a  public  agency  or  private  employer shall
     8  provide, within thirty days of a request, a  written  statement  setting
     9  forth the reasons for such denial or adverse action.
    10    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14175-01-1