Assembly Bill A5981A

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain companies and corporations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnicity of their employees

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Current Bill Status Via S636 - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5981 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S636
Law Section:
Business Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §408, BC L; amd §301, Lim Lil L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8449, S8435

2023-A5981 - Summary

Requires certain companies and corporations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnicity of their employees.

2023-A5981 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5981
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the business corporation law and the  limited  liability
   company  law,  in  relation  to requiring certain companies and corpo-
   rations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnici-
   ty of their employees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 1 of section 408 of the business corporation law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E) FOR THOSE CORPORATIONS REQUIRED TO FILE  AN  EMPLOYER  INFORMATION
 REPORT  EEO-1 WITH THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, INFORMA-
 TION THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE EMPLOYMENT DATA REPORTED UNDER
 SECTION D OF SUCH CORPORATION'S MOST RECENTLY FILED EEO-1  IN  A  FORMAT
 APPROVED  BY  THE  SECRETARY OF STATE. FOR EACH CORPORATION THAT SUBMITS
 DATA PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, THE SECRETARY OF  STATE  SHALL  PUBLISH
 THE  DATA  ON  THE  GENDER,  RACE,  AND  ETHNICITY OF EACH CORPORATION'S
 EMPLOYEES ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE. THE SECRETARY OF
 STATE SHALL PUBLISH SUCH INFORMATION WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF  A
 PROPERLY FILED STATEMENT OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS PRACTICABLE.
   §  2.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision (e) of section 301 of the limited
 liability company law, as amended by section 5 of part S of  chapter  59
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Except  as  otherwise provided in this subdivision, every limited
 liability company to which this chapter applies, shall biennially in the
 calendar month during which its articles of organization or  application
 for  authority  were filed, or effective date thereof if stated, file on
 forms prescribed by the secretary of state, a  statement  setting  forth
 the post office address within or without this state to which the secre-
 tary  of  state  shall  mail  a  copy of any process accepted against it
 served upon him or  her.  Such  address  shall  supersede  any  previous
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03247-01-3

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2023-A5981A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S636
Law Section:
Business Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §408, BC L; amd §301, Lim Lil L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8449, S8435

2023-A5981A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain companies and corporations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnicity of their employees.

2023-A5981A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5981--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the business corporation law and the  limited  liability
   company  law,  in  relation  to requiring certain companies and corpo-
   rations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnici-
   ty of their employees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 1 of section 408 of the business corporation law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E) FOR THOSE CORPORATIONS REQUIRED TO FILE  AN  EMPLOYER  INFORMATION
 REPORT  EEO-1  WITH  THE  EQUAL  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, SUCH
 CORPORATIONS SHALL FILE A COPY OF SUCH EMPLOYER INFORMATION REPORT EEO-1
 WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. FOR  EACH  CORPORATION  THAT  SUBMITS  DATA
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PUBLISH THE
 DATA ON THE GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY OF EACH CORPORATION'S  EMPLOYEES
 ON  THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE
 SHALL PUBLISH SUCH INFORMATION WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF A  PROP-
 ERLY FILED STATEMENT OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS PRACTICABLE.
   §  2.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision (e) of section 301 of the limited
 liability company law, as amended by section 5 of part S of  chapter  59
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Except  as  otherwise provided in this subdivision, every limited
 liability company to which this chapter applies, shall biennially in the
 calendar month during which its articles of organization or  application
 for  authority  were filed, or effective date thereof if stated, file on
 forms prescribed by the secretary of state, a  statement  setting  forth
 the post office address within or without this state to which the secre-
 tary  of  state  shall  mail  a  copy of any process accepted against it
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03247-02-3

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