Assembly Bill A7910

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the hotel worker protection act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A7910 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §202-l, Lab L

2011-A7910 - Summary

Enacts the hotel worker protection act requiring hotel and motel employers to provide personal devices to hotel and motel room attendants and room service workers for their protection.

2011-A7910 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7910

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  providing  protection  to
  hotel and motel employees

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  the  "hotel
worker protection act".
  S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-l to read as
follows:
  S  202-L.  PROTECTION  OF  HOTEL  AND  MOTEL  EMPLOYEES  FROM ASSAULT.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, HOTELS AND MOTELS,  AS  SUCH
TERMS  ARE  DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINE-
TY-NINE-J OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SHALL PROVIDE EACH  HOTEL  OR  MOTEL
EMPLOYEE WHO REGULARLY ENTERS HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOMS WITH A PERSONAL ELEC-
TRONIC  DEVICE  CAPABLE OF NOTIFYING HOTEL MANAGEMENT OF AN EMERGENCY AT
THE PUSH OF A SINGLE BUTTON.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11728-03-1

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2011-A7910A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §202-l, Lab L

2011-A7910A - Summary

Enacts the hotel worker protection act requiring hotel and motel employers to provide personal devices to hotel and motel room attendants and room service workers for their protection.

2011-A7910A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7910--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN, WEPRIN, MENG, M. MILLER, SPANO, STEVEN-
  SON, MOYA, P. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN,  CRES-
  PO,  GOTTFRIED  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to providing protection to
  hotel and motel employees

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "hotel
worker protection act".
  S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-l to read as
follows:
  S 202-L.  PROTECTION  OF  HOTEL  AND  MOTEL  EMPLOYEES  FROM  ASSAULT.
NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, HOTELS AND MOTELS, AS SUCH
TERMS ARE DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN  HUNDRED  NINE-
TY-NINE-J  OF  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SHALL PROVIDE EACH HOTEL OR MOTEL
EMPLOYEE WHO REGULARLY ENTERS HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOMS WITH A PERSONAL ELEC-
TRONIC DEVICE WHICH WILL HAVE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE FUNCTION OF NOTIFY-
ING HOTEL MANAGEMENT OF AN EMERGENCY AT THE PUSH OF A SINGLE BUTTON.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11728-04-1

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2011-A7910B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §202-l, Lab L

2011-A7910B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the hotel worker protection act requiring hotel and motel employers to provide personal devices to hotel and motel room attendants and room service workers for their protection.

2011-A7910B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7910--B

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN, WEPRIN, MENG, M. MILLER, SPANO, STEVEN-
  SON, MOYA, P. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN,  COOK,
  CRESPO,  GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and  recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit-
  tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to
  said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to providing protection to
  hotel and motel employees

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "hotel
worker protection act".
  S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-l to read as
follows:
  S 202-L.  PROTECTION  OF  HOTEL  AND  MOTEL  EMPLOYEES  FROM  ASSAULT.
NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, HOTELS AND MOTELS, AS SUCH
TERMS ARE DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN  HUNDRED  NINE-
TY-NINE-J  OF  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SHALL PROVIDE EACH HOTEL OR MOTEL
ROOM ATTENDANT AND ROOM SERVICE WORKER WITH A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE
WHICH WILL HAVE THE SOLE  AND  EXCLUSIVE  FUNCTION  OF  NOTIFYING  HOTEL
MANAGEMENT OF AN EMERGENCY AT THE PUSH OF A SINGLE BUTTON.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11728-06-1

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