Bill Text: NY S05765 | 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 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S05765 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05765-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5765 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 18, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WEIK, HELMING, BOYLE, JORDAN, ORTT, RITCHIE, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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