NY State Senate Bill 2021-S5765

Senate Bill S5765

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain elected officials to sign and publicly post a certificate proving they completed their sexual harassment training program

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to labor
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2021-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7110
Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §201-g, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A3083

2021-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain elected officials to sign and publicly post a signed certificate proving they completed their sexual harassment training program.

2021-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5765

SPONSOR: WEIK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring certain elected
officials to sign and publicly post a certificate proving they completed
their sexual harassment training program

 
PURPOSE:

Requires statewide office holders and members of the state legislature
sign a certificate attesting to their completion of a sexual harassment
training program and requires the signed certifications to be posted on
the relevant office's website, including the New York State Senate and
Assembly websites.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Adds a new section 201-g to the Labor Law, requiring statewide office
holders and members of the state legislature to sign a certificate under

penalty of perjury attesting to such individual's completion of their
sexual harassment training program.  The Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General and Comptroller must each post on their website a copy
of their signed certification.  The Secretary of the Senate and Assembly
Clerk shall post copies of each member's signed certification on the New
York State Senate and Assembly websites.

Section 2 provides an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would require certain office holders sign a certificate
attesting that they did in fact complete their sexual harassment train-
ing program. If an office holder falsely signs the certificate, he or
she would face the penalty of perjury.

Additionally, statewide officer holders and the Secretary of the Senate
and Clerk of the Assembly would have to publicly post the certificates
on the main New York State government websites so the public is aware
that all of their elected officials have completed such course.

The 2018-19 State Budget required employers to adopt a sexual harassment
prevention-training program, however, recent reports about certain
office holders call into question whether they are the ones actually
taking the program. This bill would require state office holders provide
proof of completion of the program and that proof be posted publicly for
the public to see.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5765
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 18, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. WEIK, HELMING, BOYLE, JORDAN, ORTT, RITCHIE, SERINO
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring certain  elected
   officials  to  sign  and  publicly  post  a  certificate  proving they
   completed their sexual harassment training program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 201-g of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. UPON COMPLETION OF A SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING PROGRAM, THE GOVER-
 NOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, COMPTROLLER AND  MEMBERS  OF
 THE  STATE LEGISLATURE SHALL SIGN A CERTIFICATE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY
 ATTESTING TO THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  COMPLETION  OF  SUCH  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT
 TRAINING  PROGRAM.  THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
 AND COMPTROLLER SHALL EACH POST ON THEIR WEBSITE A COPY OF THEIR  SIGNED
 CERTIFICATION  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS OF COMPLETION OF SUCH TRAINING.  THE
 SECRETARY OF THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE SHALL POST ON THE NEW YORK  STATE
 SENATE GOVERNMENTAL WEBSITE A COPY OF EACH MEMBER'S SIGNED CERTIFICATION
 WITHIN  THIRTY DAYS OF COMPLETION OF SUCH TRAINING. THE CLERK OF THE NEW
 YORK STATE ASSEMBLY SHALL POST ON THE NEW YORK  STATE  ASSEMBLY  GOVERN-
 MENTAL WEBSITE A COPY OF EACH MEMBER'S SIGNED CERTIFICATION WITHIN THIR-
 TY DAYS OF COMPLETION OF SUCH TRAINING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10486-03-1

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