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Senate Bill S3995
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2019-S3995 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6045
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §296, Exec L; amd §§170.55 & 170.56, CP L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A7014
2013-2014: A4589
2015-2016: S5595, A1721
2017-2018: S3205, A4038
2021-2022: A7591
2023-2024: A7191
2019-S3995 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3995 SPONSOR: SERRANO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to preventing employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contem- plation of dismissal PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To bring arrested persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal within the protection of those provisions of the Human Rights Law and the Criminal Procedure Law which prevent employment discrimination against persons who have been arrested but not convicted of any crime. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill amends the Human Rights Law and the Criminal Procedure Law to provide that licensing agencies, employers, and providers of credit or insurance shall not make inquiries about, or take adverse actions based
2019-S3995 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3995 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to preventing employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by section 48-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 16. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice, unless specif- ically required or permitted by statute, for any person, agency, bureau, corporation or association, including the state and any political subdi- vision thereof, to make any inquiry about, whether in any form of appli- cation or otherwise, or to act upon adversely to the individual involved, any arrest or criminal accusation of such individual not then pending against that individual which was followed by a termination of that criminal action or proceeding in favor of such individual, as defined in subdivision two of section 160.50 of the criminal procedure law, OR BY AN ORDER ADJOURNING THE CRIMINAL ACTION IN CONTEMPLATION OF DISMISSAL, PURSUANT TO SECTION 170.55, 170.56, 210.46, 210.47, OR 215.10 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, or by a youthful offender adjudication, as defined in subdivision one of section 720.35 of the criminal proce- dure law, or by a conviction for a violation sealed pursuant to section 160.55 of the criminal procedure law or by a conviction which is sealed pursuant to section 160.59 or 160.58 of the criminal procedure law, in connection with the licensing, employment or providing of credit or insurance to such individual; provided, further, that no person shall be required to divulge information pertaining to any arrest or criminal accusation of such individual not then pending against that individual EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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