Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose their age, date of birth or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2271
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, MAY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, WEBB -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Investigations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting an employ-
er, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring
that a prospective employee disclose their age, date of birth or date
of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment
application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide
occupational qualification or need
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 296 of the executive law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
3 (a-1) For any employer, licensing agency or employment agency to
4 request or require that a prospective employee disclose their age, date
5 of birth or date of graduation from an educational institution on an
6 initial employment application or during an interview, except in the
7 case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first January next succeeding
9 the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
10 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
11 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
12 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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