Bill Text: NY S03464 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires reporting of the number of sexual harassment complaints by clients of lobbyists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE [S03464 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03464-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3464
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
          nance
        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.
                                                                   LBD01658-04-9
        S. 3464                             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.