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A06978 Summary:

BILL NO	A06978
SAME AS	SAME AS S05444
SPONSOR	Wallace
COSPNSR	Buttenschon
MLTSPNSR
Add 399-k, Gen Bus L
Permits employees of public utility corporations or public utility companies access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer.

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A06978 Actions:

BILL NO	A06978
05/09/2023	referred to consumer affairs and protection
05/16/2023	reported referred to codes
05/23/2023	reported referred to rules
05/24/2023	reported
05/24/2023	rules report cal.278
05/24/2023	ordered to third reading rules cal.278
06/07/2023	substituted by s5444
	S05444 AMEND= SCARCELLA-SPANTON
	03/06/2023	REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
	04/25/2023	1ST REPORT CAL.662
	04/26/2023	2ND REPORT CAL.
	05/01/2023	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
	05/31/2023	PASSED SENATE
	05/31/2023	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
	05/31/2023	referred to codes
	06/07/2023	substituted for a6978
	06/07/2023	ordered to third reading rules cal.278
	06/07/2023	passed assembly
	06/07/2023	returned to senate
	11/13/2023	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
	11/17/2023	SIGNED CHAP.660
	11/17/2023	APPROVAL MEMO.29
	03/06/2023	REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
	04/25/2023	1ST REPORT CAL.662
	04/26/2023	2ND REPORT CAL.
	05/01/2023	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
	05/31/2023	PASSED SENATE
	05/31/2023	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
	05/31/2023	referred to codes
	06/07/2023	substituted for a6978
	06/07/2023	ordered to third reading rules cal.278
	06/07/2023	passed assembly
	06/07/2023	returned to senate
	11/13/2023	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
	11/17/2023	SIGNED CHAP.660
	11/17/2023	APPROVAL MEMO.29

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A06978 Committee Votes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION   Chair:Rozic      
DATE:05/16/2023AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Rozic
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Fall
Excused
Miller
Aye
Burgos
Aye
Blumencranz
Aye
Gallagher
Aye
Beephan
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Maher
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Bores
Aye
Lee
Aye
Alvarez
Aye
Simone
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:05/23/2023AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Cook
Absent
Mikulin
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Tannousis
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Curran
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Flood
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Excused
Vanel
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Simon
Aye
Epstein
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:05/24/2023AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Excused
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

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A06978 Floor Votes:

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A06978 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6978
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  permitting
          employees  of  public  utilities access to certain restroom facilities
          without being a paying customer

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-k to read as follows:
     3    §  399-k.  Access to restroom facilities.  1. A place of business open
     4  to the general public for the sale of  goods  or  services  that  has  a
     5  toilet  facility  for  its  employees  shall allow any individual who is
     6  lawfully on the premises of such place of business  while  performing  a
     7  utility  related service to use that toilet facility during normal busi-
     8  ness hours, even if the place of business does  not  normally  make  the
     9  employee  toilet  facility available to the public, provided that all of
    10  the following conditions are met:
    11    a. the individual requesting the use of the employee  toilet  facility
    12  is  an  employee  of a public utility company or a public utility corpo-
    13  ration as defined in section two of the  public  service  law,  provided
    14  that the place of business may require the individual to present reason-
    15  able  evidence that the individual is an employee of such public utility
    16  entity;
    17    b. two or more employees of the place of business are working  at  the
    18  time the individual requests use of the employee toilet facility;
    19    c.  the  employee  toilet  facility  is  not  located in an area where
    20  providing access would create an obvious health or safety  risk  to  the
    21  requesting  individual or create a security risk to the people, or prop-
    22  erty within the place of business;
    23    d. use of the toilet facility would not create an  obvious  health  or
    24  safety risk to the requesting individual; and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07109-01-3
        A. 6978                             2
 
     1    e.  a  public restroom is not immediately accessible to the requesting
     2  individual.
     3    2.  A  violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable
     4  by a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars  for  each
     5  violation.
     6    3.  Businesses shall not be  liable for any injuries which result from
     7  toilet facility use by utility workers.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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