Senate Bill S4197

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands the ethical duties of public officers and employees

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Ethics And Internal Governance 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-S4197 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §74, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8421
2023-2024: S7137

2025-S4197 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the ethical duties of public officers and employees to include compliance with the state human rights law and any policies or procedures implemented by their employer related thereto.

2025-S4197 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4197
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GOUNARDES, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Ethics  and
   Internal Governance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding the
   ethical duties of public officers and employees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 74 of the public officers law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. OTHER ETHICAL DUTIES. IT SHALL BE THE ETHICAL DUTY OF EVERY  PERSON
 SUBJECT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND ANY POLICIES  OR  PROCEDURES
 IMPLEMENTED  BY THEIR LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER, STATE AGENCY, OR STATE OFFICE
 RELATED THERETO. NO PERSON SHALL COMMIT AN ACT OF HARASSMENT OR DISCRIM-
 INATION WHILE SERVING IN THEIR OFFICIAL  CAPACITY  AND  NO  SUCH  PERSON
 SERVING IN A SUPERVISORY CAPACITY SHALL KNOW OF AN ACT OF DISCRIMINATION
 OR  HARASSMENT  WITHOUT  TAKING  ACTION,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 IMPOSING CONSEQUENCES ON THE PERPETRATOR OF SUCH ACT  OF  DISCRIMINATION
 OR  HARASSMENT  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAW, RULE, POLICY OR
 PROCEDURE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07290-01-5

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