Assembly Bill A3644

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to mandating bystander intervention training

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A3644 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2034
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §295, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5696, S759
2023-2024: A2248

2019-A3644 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates that all state employees attend bystander intervention training for sexual harassment prevention annually.

2019-A3644 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3644
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, QUART, PAULIN,
   SEAWRIGHT,  M. G. MILLER,  RA, STIRPE, LENTOL, CRUZ, SIMON, CYMBROWITZ
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and  referred
   to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to mandating bystander
   intervention training for sexual harassment prevention for  all  state
   employees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 295 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. TO MANDATE THAT  ALL  STATE  EMPLOYEES  SHALL  ANNUALLY  ATTEND  A
 BYSTANDER  INTERVENTION  TRAINING  PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE DIVISION FOR
 THE PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05638-01-9

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