Senate Bill S6646

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of labor to prepare an annual report on the cost of living, poverty rates and adequacy of the current minimum wage in the state

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


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

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2023-S6646 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L

2023-S6646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of labor to prepare an annual report on the cost of living, poverty rates and adequacy of the current minimum wage in the state.

2023-S6646 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6646
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- 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 the commissioner
   of labor to prepare an annual report on the cost  of  living,  poverty
   rates and adequacy of the current minimum wage in the state

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16.  SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
 OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE CHAIRS OF THE  SENATE
 AND  ASSEMBLY  COMMITTEES  ON  LABOR  ON  OR BEFORE THE THIRTIETH DAY OF
 SEPTEMBER AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE'S COST OF LIVING, POVERTY RATES,
 AND THE ADEQUACY OF THE CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE. THE REPORT  SHALL  ANALYZE
 THE  CHANGE  IN  LIVING  COSTS  USING  THE  VARIOUS AVAILABLE AND WIDELY
 CONSULTED COST OF LIVING MEASURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE  MIT
 LIVING  WAGE  CALCULATOR,  THE  EPI  FAMILY  BUDGET  CALCULATOR, AND THE
 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SELF-SUFFICIENCY  STANDARD.  THE  REPORT  SHALL
 ALSO  ANALYZE  CHANGES  IN POVERTY AND CHILD POVERTY FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT
 INCLUDE ONE OR MORE WORKERS, USING AMERICAN COMMUNITY  SURVEY  DATA  FOR
 THE  LATEST  AVAILABLE  YEAR. SUCH ANALYSIS SHALL EXAMINE CHANGES IN THE
 SPECIFIED MEASURES FOR EACH YEAR SINCE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOU-
 SAND EIGHTEEN, DISAGGREGATED BY RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AGE, DISABILITY
 STATUS,  HOUSEHOLD SIZE, PROFESSION AND EDUCATION LEVEL FOR EACH OF FOUR
 REGIONS OF THE STATE, WHICH SHALL BE DEFINED AS: THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK;
 THE  SUBURBAN  COUNTIES  OF  WESTCHESTER, SUFFOLK AND NASSAU; THE HUDSON
 VALLEY COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND, PUTNAM, ORANGE, ULSTER,  GREENE,  DUTCHESS,
 COLUMBIA,  ALBANY,  AND RENSSELAER; AND THE COUNTIES OF THE REMAINDER OF
 THE STATE. THE REPORT SHALL  ALSO  COMPARE  THE  CURRENT  AND  PROJECTED
 FUTURE  VALUE OF THE STATE'S UPSTATE MINIMUM WAGE WITH THE MINIMUM WAGES
 IN OTHER HIGH-COST STATES, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  WASHINGTON,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11116-02-3
              

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