Assembly Bill A639

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring new employees to be provided certain information relating to student loan repayment information

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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-A639 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Banks
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1003, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7918
2021-2022: A3495
2023-2024: A1873

2025-A639 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the development of materials relating to the public service loan forgiveness program to be provided to new employees hired for a post-graduate internship or an entry-level position that requires an associate's degree or higher.

2025-A639 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    639
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. KIM, HEVESI, BURDICK, GALLAGHER, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   FORREST, LUCAS, MAMDANI, HYNDMAN, REYES, SAYEGH, TAYLOR --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Banks
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor  law,  in relation to public service loan
   forgiveness program information

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new section 1003 to
 read as follows:
   § 1003. PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN  FORGIVENESS  PROGRAM  INFORMATION  TO  BE
 PROVIDED. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
 HIGHER  EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINAN-
 CIAL SERVICES, SHALL DEVELOP A NOTICE, PAMPHLET OR OTHER WRITTEN MATERI-
 ALS REGARDING RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPAYMENT  OPTIONS  RELATING  TO  THE
 PUBLIC  SERVICE  LOAN  FORGIVENESS  PROGRAM.   SUCH MATERIALS SHALL ALSO
 PROVIDE DIRECTION TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR SUCH PROGRAM.
   2. EVERY PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYER IN  THE  STATE  SHALL,  UPON  HIRING,
 PROVIDE  TO ANY PERSON HIRED FOR A POST-GRADUATE INTERNSHIP OR AN ENTRY-
 LEVEL POSITION OF EMPLOYMENT THAT  REQUIRES  AN  ASSOCIATE'S  DEGREE  OR
 HIGHER  ON  OR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE NOTICE,
 PAMPHLET OR OTHER MATERIALS DEVELOPED  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00228-01-5

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