NY State Senate Bill 2023-S169

Senate Bill S169

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Designates discrimination against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas as a class A misdemeanor

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to labor
Jan 04, 2023	referred to labor

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2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §215-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6617
2013-2014: S596
2015-2016: S3963
2017-2018: S3548
2019-2020: S3670
2021-2022: S1253

2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates discrimination against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas as a class A misdemeanor.

2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S169

SPONSOR: GIANARIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to designating discrimination
against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas as a class A
misdemeanor

 
PURPOSE:

To improve the transparency and reliability of the public contracting
process by municipalities.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 215-a of the Labor Law, by adding a new
subdivision three. Subdivision three provides that each violation of
subdivision one of section 215-a of the Labor Law shall constitute a
class A misdemeanor, as defined in the penal law.

Section two establishes that this law shall take effect on the thirtieth

day after it shall have become law and shall apply to acts committed on
or after such effective date, provided that the amendments to section
215-a of the labor law, made by section one of this act, shall survive
the expiration and reversion of such section as provided in subdivision
(P) of section 406 of chapter 166 of the laws of 1991, as amended.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Section 215-a of the Labor law currently prohibits discrimination
against employees for failure to meet arrest, ticket and summons quotas.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Tickets, summons, traffic citations and arrests should be utilized by a
Police officer when he or she feels that the circumstances are appropri-
ate, rather than in order to satisfy arbitrary quota requirements. To
establish a quota for an officer to meet a certain number of summonses
or arrests is a disservice to his or her trained and professional judg-
ment, and unfair to those who receive such citations. This bill would
strengthen the quota penalty provisions by making a violation constitute
a class A misdemeanor, as defined in the penal law and face up to one
year in jail.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022: Died in Labor

2021: Died in Labor

2020: Died in Labor

2019: Died in Labor

2018: Died in Labor

2017: Died in Labor

2016: Died in Labor

2015: Died in Labor

2014: Died in Labor

2013: Senate Bill 596(Gianaris)-Died

2012: Senate Bill 6617(Gianaris)-Died

2012: Assembly Bill 9630(Camara)-Died in Senate Labor Committee in
Senate Rules Committee in Assembly Labor Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

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EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill will take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law and shall apply to acts committed on or after such effective
date, provided that the amendments to section 215-a of the labor law,
made by section one of this act, shall survive the expiration and rever-
sion of such section as provided in subdivision

2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    169
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, KRUEGER, PARKER, RIVERA, SERRANO, STAVISKY
   -- 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 designating discrimination
   against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas as a class
   A misdemeanor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 215-a of the labor law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  EACH VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE
 A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  and shall apply to acts committed on or after such
 effective date, provided that the amendments to  section  215-a  of  the
 labor law, made by section one of this act, shall survive the expiration
 and  reversion of such section as provided in subdivision (p) of section
 406 of chapter 166 of the laws of 1991, as amended.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01889-01-3

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Sponsored By

Michael Gianaris

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

co-Sponsors

Liz Krueger

Kevin S. Parker

Gustavo Rivera

Jose M. Serrano

2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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