Assembly Bill A5178

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose his or her age, date of birth or date of graduation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5178 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2449
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7303
2021-2022: A7550, S1480

2023-A5178 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose his or her age, date of birth or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.

2023-A5178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5178
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting an employ-
   er, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring
   that  a prospective employee disclose his or her age, date of birth or
   date of graduation from  an  educational  institution  on  an  initial
   employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a
   bona fide occupational qualification or need
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 296  of  the  executive  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
   (A-1)  FOR  ANY  EMPLOYER,  LICENSING  AGENCY  OR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY TO
 REQUEST OR REQUIRE THAT A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE DISCLOSE HIS OR HER  AGE,
 DATE  OF  BIRTH OR DATE OF GRADUATION FROM AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ON
 AN INITIAL EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION OR DURING AN INTERVIEW, EXCEPT IN  THE
 CASE OF A BONA FIDE OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION OR NEED.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first January next succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05544-01-3

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