NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2378A

Senate Bill S2378A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices constituting sexual harassment to three years

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to investigations and government operations
Jun 07, 2019	print number 2378a
Jun 07, 2019	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 24, 2019	referred to investigations and government operations

Bill Amendments

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2019-S2378 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §297, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8712
2021-2022: S566
2023-2024: S3255

2019-S2378 - Summary

Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years.

2019-S2378 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2378 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2378
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the  statute
   of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
   tices constituting sexual harassment to three years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  297  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  958  of  the  laws  of 1968, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed with-
 in one year after the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice; PROVIDED
 THAT IN CASES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, THE COMPLAINT MUST BE SO FILED WITH-
 IN THREE YEARS AFTER THE ALLEGED UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD01293-01-9

2019-S2378A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §297, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8712
2021-2022: S566
2023-2024: S3255

2019-S2378A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years.

2019-S2378A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2378A

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
extending the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful
discriminatory practices constituting sexual harassment to three years

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would extend the administrative statute of limitations for any
unlawful discrimination practice including sexual harassment from one
year to three years.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends section 297 of the Executive Law by stat-
ing any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed within
one year after the alleged discriminatory practice, provided that in
cases of sexual harassment, the complaint must be so filed within three
years after the unlawful discriminatory practice.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The time frame within which victims of unlawful discrimination including
sexual harassment must file administrative complaints with the Division
of Human Rights for investigation is alarmingly short as compared to the
amount of time it may take for a victim to come to terms with their
harassment. Many victims also may require more time to gather the cour-
age to file such claims. This bill would make a modest change to current
statute by extending the time period during which a victim of unlawful
discrimination including sexual harassment may file from one year to
three years.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: 5.8712 (Hoylman) - Died in Investigations and Government Oper-
ations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2019-S2378A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2378--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the statute
   of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
   tices constituting sexual harassment to three years
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  297 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 958 of the laws  of  1968,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed with-
 in  [one  year]  THREE  YEARS  after the alleged unlawful discriminatory
 practice.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD01293-02-9

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