Assembly Bill A1467

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to paid family leave after a stillbirth

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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
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2025-A1467 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2880

2025-A1467 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for paid family leave after a stillbirth.

2025-A1467 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1467
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, CRUZ, BUTTENSCHON, JACOBSON, SHRESTHA,
   ROZIC, ALVAREZ, GALLAGHER, HEVESI,  SLATER,  BENDETT,  MAHER,  JENSEN,
   BEEPHAN,  MANKTELOW,  DeSTEFANO,  SIMON,  RAGA, BURDICK, RAMOS, CLARK,
   REYES, DURSO, McDONOUGH,  NOVAKHOV,  MORINELLO,  FORREST,  R. CARROLL,
   STECK,  SIMONE,  ZINERMAN,  SEAWRIGHT,  JONES,  DE LOS SANTOS, DAVILA,
   MAMDANI, CUNNINGHAM, SAYEGH, SEPTIMO, KELLES,  EACHUS,  CHANG,  TAGUE,
   TANNOUSIS,  GANDOLFO,  SHIMSKY,  PIROZZOLO,  RA,  LEVENBERG,  BARCLAY,
   TAPIA, McMAHON, BORES, VANEL,  COLTON,  ROSENTHAL,  ANDERSON,  TAYLOR,
   STERN,  LUNSFORD, EICHENSTEIN, SIMPSON, GIGLIO, SMITH, BRABENEC, MILL-
   ER, GRAY, BLUMENCRANZ, LEMONDES,  PALMESANO,  KIM,  CHANDLER-WATERMAN,
   WEPRIN,  MITAYNES,  JACKSON, WALSH, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, MEEKS, EPSTEIN,
   BRONSON, LEE, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
   for paid family leave following a stillbirth
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 15 of section 201 of the workers' compensation
 law, as added by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,
 is amended to read as follows:
   15. "Family leave" shall mean any leave  taken  by  an  employee  from
 work:    (a)  to  participate  in  providing care, including physical or
 psychological care, for a family member of the employee  made  necessary
 by  a  serious  health  condition of the family member; [or] (b) to bond
 with the employee's child during  the  first  twelve  months  after  the
 child's  birth,  or  the  first twelve months after the placement of the
 child for adoption or foster care with the employee; [or] (c) TO RECOVER
 AFTER A STILLBIRTH; OR (D) because of any qualifying exigency as  inter-
 preted   under   the   family  and  medical  leave  act,  29  U.S.C.S  §
 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact
 that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the  employee  is
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02359-01-5

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