Assembly Bill A290

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to providing sexual harassment training to undergraduate and graduate student interns

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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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2025-A290 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §819, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7128
2019-2020: A59
2021-2022: A134
2023-2024: A89

2025-A290 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all colleges and universities to provide sexual harassment training to undergraduate and graduate student interns.

2025-A290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    290
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, SIMON, RAGA -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring institutions
   of  higher  learning  to  provide  sexual  harassment  training to all
   participants in internships and externships
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
 read as follows:
   §  819.  SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING. 1. DUTY.  IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF
 THE COLLEGE AUTHORITIES IN GENERAL CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF ANY PUBLIC
 OR INDEPENDENT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY TO CAUSE ANY STUDENT  PARTICIPATING
 IN  A PAID OR UNPAID INTERNSHIP OR EXTERNSHIP, WHETHER ON CAMPUS, OR OFF
 CAMPUS, TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN  THE
 WORKPLACE.
   2.  REPORT.  ON  OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST NEXT SUCCEEDING THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COLLEGE AUTHORITY IN GENERAL  CHARGE
 OF  THE  OPERATION  OF  A  PUBLIC  OR INDEPENDENT COLLEGE SHALL ANNUALLY
 SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE WHICH SHALL INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER OF  STUDENTS  INSTRUCTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01317-01-5

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