Assembly Bill A10715

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be posted in lactation rooms at truck stops

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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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2021-A10715 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §390-d, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4264

2021-A10715 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be posted in lactation rooms at truck stops; defines "lactation room".

2021-A10715 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10715
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   information  concerning  services  for human trafficking victims to be
   posted in lactation rooms at truck stops
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 390-d of the general busi-
 ness law, as added by chapter 391 of the laws of  2022,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  The  operator of any truck stop shall make available in plain view
 and in a conspicuous place and manner in all sanitary facilities  avail-
 able  for  public  use  AND  IN ANY LACTATION ROOMS, informational cards
 and/or signs developed by:
   (i) the office of temporary and disability assistance in  consultation
 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
   (ii) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
   3.  For  purposes  of this section, ["truck] THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I) "TRUCK stop" shall mean  a  facility  that  has  the  capacity  to
 provide  fuel  or  service,  or both, to any commercial motor vehicle as
 defined by subdivision four of section five hundred one-a of the vehicle
 and traffic law operating in commerce which is  located  within  twenty-
 five  hundred  feet of a controlled-access highway as defined by section
 one hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law  which  has  been  func-
 tionally  classified  by  the  department of transportation as principal
 arterial - interstate or principal arterial -  other  freeway/expressway
 on official functional classification maps approved by the federal high-
 way  administration  pursuant to part 470.105 of title 23 of the code of
 federal regulations, as amended from time to time.
   (II) "LACTATION ROOM" SHALL MEAN A HYGIENIC PLACE, OTHER THAN A  REST-
 ROOM, THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BREASTFEED-
 ING OR EXPRESSING BREAST MILK.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as section 1 of chapter 391 of the laws of 2022, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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