NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1554A

Senate Bill S1554A

Vetoed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program

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Current Bill Status Via A4676 - 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 17, 2023	tabled vetoed memo.48
Nov 13, 2023	delivered to governor
Jun 08, 2023	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1732 substituted for s1554b
Jun 08, 2023	substituted by a4676a ordered to third reading cal.1732 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 22, 2023	print number 1554b
May 22, 2023	amend and recommit to labor
Mar 09, 2023	print number 1554a
Mar 09, 2023	amend and recommit to labor
Jan 12, 2023	referred to labor

Votes

- Jun 8, 2023 - Floor Vote
  A4676
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 8, 2023
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Walczyk
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Cooney
  Jun 8, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S1554A
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2023
      
      aye (19)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Helming
      
      excused (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2023-S1554 - Details

Law Section:: Labor
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S9167

2023-S1554 - Summary

Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program.

2023-S1554 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1554

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to creating a temporary commission to conduct a
comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave,
make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the
program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To direct a temporary state commission to conduct a study and produce a
report on the utilization of Paid Family Leave.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a temporary state commission and directs the commis-
sion to conduct a study and produce a report on the current utilization
of the Paid Family Leave Program.

Section 2 states that the commission shall consist of nine members and
outlines the appointments of members. Provides that the chair of the
workers' compensation board shall be the chair of the commission.
Provides that the members of the commission shall receive no compen-
sation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and neces-
sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Section 3 provides the factors that the study shall examine, regarding
current utilization of Paid Family Leave.

Section 4 provides that the report, including recommendations, shall be
submitted to the governor, temporary president of the senate, and the
speaker of the assembly no later than one year after the effective date.

Section 5 sets the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

Technical changes including renumbering and additional sections.
Provides for the creation of a temporary state commission to conduct the
study and produce the report; the DOL had been directed to conduct the
study and report in the original version. The A-print includes details
on the number of members, the appointment of members, and the chair of
the commission. Includes that the members of the commission shall
receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2016, New York enacted the nation's strongest and most comprehensive
Paid Family Leave policy so working families would not have to choose
between caring for their loved ones and risking their economic security.
Since then the program has been expanded so as to also include paid time
off to: bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child, care for a
family member with a serious health condition, or a loved ones when a
spouse, domestic partner, child or parent is deployed abroad on active
military service. In order to ensure that all eligible New Yorkers are
able to use the strong and necessary protections in Paid Family Leave to
be present with their families at crucial times, it is necessary for the
Commissioner of Labor to study how different groups are using Paid Fami-
ly Leave, and make recommendations on how to remove any unintended
barriers to its use.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022: S. 9167A - Ordered to Third Reading

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S1554 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1554
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT in relation to creating  a  temporary  commission  to  conduct  a
   comprehensive  study  on the current utilization of paid family leave,
   make recommendations on how to increase access and the  visibility  of
   the  program;  and  providing  for  the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to conduct a
 comprehensive  study, and prepare a report on the current utilization of
 paid family leave under article 9 of the workers' compensation law.
   § 2.   (a) The commission shall consist  of  nine  members,  six  such
 members  each  to  serve  for  a term of one year and to be appointed as
 follows: two shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate
 and one by the minority leader of the senate; two shall be appointed  by
 the speaker of the assembly and one by the minority leader of the assem-
 bly.   The  commissioner  of  labor,  the  superintendent  of  financial
 services, and the chair of the workers' compensation  board  shall  also
 serve  on  the  commission. The chair of the workers' compensation board
 shall serve as the chair of the commission. Vacancies in the  membership
 of  the  commission and among its officers shall be filled in the manner
 provided for original appointments.
   (b) The members of the commission shall receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   §  3.  The  study shall examine the current utilization of paid family
 leave under article 9 of the workers' compensation  law,  including  but
 not limited to:
   (a) demographic information of persons receiving such benefits includ-
 ing but not limited to:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04732-01-3

 S. 1554                             2
 
   (i) gender;
   (ii) race;
   (iii) age;
   (iv) geographic region of the state of New York; and
   (v) industry or type of employment;
   (b) the average amount of benefits received and length of leave taken;
   (c) the type of leave taken;
   (d) employers' experiences on the use of paid family leave, including:
   (i) ease of use; and
   (ii) responsiveness of the department to questions; and
   (e)  unintended  barriers that employees face in utilizing paid family
 leave including  but  not  limited  to:
   (i) understanding of benefits;
   (ii) knowledge of eligibility; and
   (iii) knowledge of the existence of paid family leave.
   § 4. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
 commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary pres-
 ident of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly  a  report  of  the
 study's  findings, together with specific recommendations for increasing
 the access of demographic groups underutilizing paid family leave  bene-
 fits, and removing or lessening unintended barriers to use of paid fami-
 ly leave identified in the study.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.

2023-S1554A - Details

Law Section:: Labor
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S9167

2023-S1554A - Summary

Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program.

2023-S1554A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1554A

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to creating a temporary commission to conduct a
comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave,
make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the
program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To direct a temporary state commission to conduct a study and produce a
report on the utilization of Paid Family Leave.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a temporary state commission and directs the commis-
sion to conduct a study and produce a report on the current utilization
of the Paid Family Leave Program.

§ 2 states that the commission shall consist of nine members and
outlines the appointments of members. Provides that the chair of the
workers' compensation board shall be the chair of the commission.
Provides that the members of the commission shall receive no compen-
sation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and neces-
sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

§ 3 provides the factors that the study shall examine, regarding current
utilization of Paid Family Leave.

§ 4 provides that the report, including recommendations, shall be
submitted to the governor, temporary president of the senate, and the
speaker of the assembly no later than one year after the effective date.

Section 5 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2016, New York enacted the nation's strongest and most comprehensive
Paid Family Leave policy so working families would not have to choose
between caring for their loved ones and risking their economic security.
Since then the program has been expanded to include paid time off to
bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child, to care for a family
member with a serious health condition, or in connection with when a
spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is deployed
abroad on active military service.  In order to ensure that all eligible
New Yorkers are able to use the strong and necessary protections in Paid
Family Leave to be present with their families at crucial times, it is
necessary for the Commissioner of Labor to study how different groups
are using Paid Family Leave, and make recommendations on how to remove
any unintended barriers to its use.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022: A10224A/S9167A - Vetoed as being a bill to be considered during
the budget process

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S1554A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1554--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Labor  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  creating  a temporary commission to conduct a
   comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid  family  leave,
   make  recommendations  on how to increase access and the visibility of
   the program; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to conduct a
 comprehensive study, and prepare a report on the current utilization  of
 paid family leave under article 9 of the workers' compensation law.
   §  2.    (a)  The  commission  shall  consist of ten members, six such
 members each to serve for a term of one year  and  to  be  appointed  as
 follows: two shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate
 and  one by the minority leader of the senate; two shall be appointed by
 the speaker of the assembly and one by the minority leader of the assem-
 bly.  The  commissioner  of  labor,  the  superintendent  of   financial
 services, the chair of the Business Council of the State of New York and
 the  chair  of  the  workers' compensation board shall also serve on the
 commission. The chair of the workers' compensation board shall serve  as
 the  chair of the commission. Vacancies in the membership of the commis-
 sion and among its officers shall be filled in the manner  provided  for
 original appointments.
   (b)  The  members  of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04732-03-3
 S. 1554--A                          2

   § 3. The study shall examine the current utilization  of  paid  family
 leave  under  article  9 of the workers' compensation law, including but
 not limited to:
   (a) demographic information of persons receiving such benefits includ-
 ing but not limited to:
   (i) gender;
   (ii) race;
   (iii) age;
   (iv) geographic region of the state of New York; and
   (v) industry or type of employment;
   (b) the average amount of benefits received and length of leave taken;
   (c) the type of leave taken;
   (d) employers' experiences on the use of paid family leave, including:
   (i) ease of use; and
   (ii) responsiveness of the department to questions; and
   (e)  unintended  barriers that employees face in utilizing paid family
 leave including  but  not  limited  to:
   (i) understanding of benefits;
   (ii) knowledge of eligibility; and
   (iii) knowledge of the existence of paid family leave.
   § 4. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
 commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary pres-
 ident of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly  a  report  of  the
 study's  findings, together with specific recommendations for increasing
 the access of demographic groups underutilizing paid family leave  bene-
 fits, and removing or lessening unintended barriers to use of paid fami-
 ly leave identified in the study.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Labor
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S9167

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program.

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1554B

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to creating a temporary commission to conduct a
comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave,
make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the
program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To direct a temporary state commission to conduct a study and produce a
report on the utilization of Paid Family Leave.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 would create a temporary state commission and direct the
commission to conduct a study and produce a report on the current utili-
zation of the Paid Family Leave Program.

Section 2 would provide for the appointment of the twelve members of the
commission.

Section 3 would provide the factors that the study would examine regard-
ing the current utilization of Paid Family Leave.

Section 4 would provide that the report, including recommendations, be
submitted to the Governor and the Legislature no later than one year
after the effective date.

Section 5 would set the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

The amended bill would increase the number of members on the commission
from ten to twelve and provide that all members of the commission will
be appointed by the Governor. The additional two members are a represen-
tative of organized labor appointed upon recommendation of the New York
State American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
and a person chosen in the Governor's discretion.

The amendments would also remove the one-year term limit for appointees
to the commission, given that the bill would expire two years after the
effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2016, New York enacted the nation's strongest and most comprehensive
Paid Family Leave policy so working families would not have to choose
between caring for their loved ones and risking their economic security.
Since then, the program has been expanded to include paid time off to
bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child, to care for a family
member with a serious health condition, or in connection with when a
spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is deployed
abroad on active military service.  In order to ensure that all eligible
New Yorkers are able to use the strong and necessary protections in Paid
Family Leave to be present with their families at crucial times, it is
necessary for a commission to study how different groups are using Paid
Family Leave and make recommendations on how to remove any unintended
barriers to its use.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: A.10224A/S.9167A - Veto Memo 67

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill would take effect immediately and would expire and be deemed
repealed two years after it shall have become law.

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1554--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Labor  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT in relation to creating  a  temporary  commission  to  conduct  a
   comprehensive  study  on the current utilization of paid family leave,
   make recommendations on how to increase access and the  visibility  of
   the  program;  and  providing  for  the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to conduct a
 comprehensive  study, and prepare a report on the current utilization of
 paid family leave under article 9 of the workers' compensation law.
   § 2. (a) The commission shall consist of twelve members  appointed  by
 the  governor  as  follows:    (i)  a  representative of organized labor
 appointed upon recommendation of the New York State American  Federation
 of  Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations; (ii) a representative of
 the business community appointed upon  recommendation  of  the  Business
 Council  of  New York State, Incorporated; (iii) two persons upon recom-
 mendation of the temporary president of   the senate;  (iv)  one  person
 upon  recommendation  of  the  minority  leader  of  the senate; (v) two
 persons upon recommendation of the speaker of  the  assembly;  (vi)  one
 person upon recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly; (vii)
 the  commissioner  of  labor;  (viii)  the  superintendent  of financial
 services; (ix) the chair of the workers' compensation board; and (x) one
 other person in the governor's discretion. The  chair  of  the  workers'
 compensation board shall serve as the chair of the commission. Vacancies
 in  the  membership  of  the  commission and among its officers shall be
 filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04732-05-3

 S. 1554--B                          2
 
   (b) The members of the commission shall receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   §  3.  The  study shall examine the current utilization of paid family
 leave under article 9 of the workers' compensation  law,  including  but
 not limited to:
   (a) demographic information of persons receiving such benefits includ-
 ing but not limited to:
   (i) gender;
   (ii) race;
   (iii) age;
   (iv) geographic region of the state of New York; and
   (v) industry or type of employment;
   (b) the average amount of benefits received and length of leave taken;
   (c) the type of leave taken;
   (d) employers' experiences on the use of paid family leave, including:
   (i) ease of use; and
   (ii) responsiveness of the department to questions; and
   (e)  unintended  barriers that employees face in utilizing paid family
 leave including  but  not  limited  to:
   (i) understanding of benefits;
   (ii) knowledge of eligibility; and
   (iii) knowledge of the existence of paid family leave.
   § 4. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
 commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary pres-
 ident of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly  a  report  of  the
 study's  findings, together with specific recommendations for increasing
 the access of demographic groups underutilizing paid family leave  bene-
 fits, and removing or lessening unintended barriers to use of paid fami-
 ly leave identified in the study.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.

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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Current Bill Status Via A4676 - Vetoed by Governor

Bill Amendments

2023-S1554 - Details

2023-S1554 - Summary

2023-S1554 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1554 - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S1554A - Details

2023-S1554A - Summary

2023-S1554A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1554A - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1554B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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