Assembly Bill A656

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishing the time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local agency

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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-A656 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Court of Claims Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Ct Claims Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5034
2023-2024: A1047

2021-A656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local agency.

2021-A656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    656
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, SIMON, REYES, BRAUNSTEIN, GOTTFRIED,
   ROZIC, SAYEGH, GALEF, CRUZ, GLICK,  GRIFFIN,  DINOWITZ,  STECK,  FALL,
   FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the court of claims act, in relation to establishing the
   time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against
   the  state  in  cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local
   agency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 10 of the court of claims act is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. IF THE CLAIMANT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH ANY STATE OR LOCAL  AGENCY
 ALLEGING  UNLAWFUL  DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES CONSTITUTING SEXUAL HARASS-
 MENT, A CLAIM SHALL BE FILED AND SERVED UPON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITHIN
 SIX MONTHS OF THE FINAL ADJUDICATION OR DISMISSAL OF  THE  COMPLAINT  BY
 THE STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 cases alleging unlawful  discriminatory  practices  constituting  sexual
 harassment  occurring  on and after such effective date. Effective imme-
 diately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04433-01-1

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