Senate Bill S3005

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes "Junior's law"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services 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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2021-S3005 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 6 Title 8-B §§448-a & 448-b, Soc Serv L; amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1741

2021-S3005 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes "Junior's law" which requires a business with fifty employees or less to provide safe haven to endangered children and creates a "safe walk home zone" program between local boards of education and school boards and local chambers of commerce.

2021-S3005 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3005 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3005
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law and the education law, in
   relation to establishing Junior's law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Junior's law".
   § 2.  Article 6 of the social services law is amended by adding a  new
 title 8-B to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 8-B
                    SAFE HAVENS FOR ENDANGERED CHILDREN
 SECTION 448-A. DEFINITIONS.
         448-B. SAFE HAVENS.
   § 448-A. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1.  THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A BUSINESS WITH FIFTY EMPLOY-
 EES OR LESS.
   2. THE TERM "ENDANGERED CHILD" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE  AGE
 OF  EIGHTEEN  WHO  HAS  HAD PHYSICAL INJURY INFLICTED UPON HIM OR HER BY
 OTHER THAN ACCIDENTAL MEANS OR IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF PHYSICAL INJURY.
   3. THE TERM "SAFE HAVEN" SHALL MEAN A TEMPORARY  PLACE  OF  REFUGE  OR
 SECURITY  WHEREUPON  AN  ENDANGERED  CHILD SHALL REMAIN UNTIL THE PROPER
 AUTHORITIES ARRIVE TO MITIGATE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT.
   § 448-B. SAFE HAVENS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF
 LAW, PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES,  A  SMALL  BUSINESS  SHALL PROVIDE SAFE HAVEN TO AN ENDANGERED
 CHILD WHO ENTERS UPON SUCH PREMISES STATING  AN  IMMEDIATE  THREAT  UPON
 THEIR WELLBEING.
   2.  SUCH  SMALL  BUSINESS  SHALL NOTIFY THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY OF SUCH
 THREAT AND PERMIT SUCH ENDANGERED  CHILD  TO  REMAIN  UNTIL  THE  POLICE
 ARRIVE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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