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S04516 Summary:
BILL NO | S04516 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A00581 |
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SPONSOR | FERNANDEZ |
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COSPNSR | ADDABBO |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §5-336, Gen Ob L | |
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Prohibits settlement agreements in any claim involving sexual harassment or any other form of discrimination prohibited by law from containing any condition that requires the complainant to pay the defendant liquidated damages in the event that the plaintiff violates any nondisclosure agreement included in such settlement agreement. |
S04516 Actions:
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02/09/2023 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/15/2023 | 1ST REPORT CAL.501 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/16/2023 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/20/2023 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/22/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/22/2023 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/22/2023 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | substituted for a581 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.428 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/13/2023 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2023 | SIGNED CHAP.658 |
S04516 Committee Votes:
Go to topS04516 Floor Votes:
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll
No
Flood
Yes
Kim
No
Palmesano
No
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
No
Slater
No
Angelino
No
Chang
No
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
No
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
No
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
No
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
No
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Conrad
No ‡
Gandolfo
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
No
Ra
Yes
Stern
No
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
No
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
No
Bendett
Yes
Cunningham
No
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
No
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
No
Curran
Yes
Glick
No
Maher
Yes
Ramos
No
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
No
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
No
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
No
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
No
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
No ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Vanel
No
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
No
Hawley
No
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
ER
Hevesi
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Santabarbara
No
Walsh
No
Brook-Krasny
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
No
Mikulin
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
No
Brown E
No
Durso
Yes
Jackson
No
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
No
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
No
Morinello
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
No
Jensen
No
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
No
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Joyner
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
No
Byrnes
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S04516 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4516 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to violations of nondisclosure agreements in certain settlement agreements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5-336 of the general obligations law, as amended by 2 chapter 160 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 5-336. Nondisclosure agreements. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other 4 law to the contrary, no employer, its officers or employees shall have 5 the authority to include or agree to include in any settlement, agree- 6 ment or other resolution of any claim, the factual foundation for which 7 involves discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, in violation of 8 laws prohibiting discrimination, including discriminatory harassment or 9 retaliation, including but not limited to, article fifteen of the execu- 10 tive law, any term or condition that would prevent the disclosure of the 11 underlying facts and circumstances to the claim or action unless the 12 condition of confidentiality is the complainant's preference. 13 (b) Any such term or condition must be provided in writing to all 14 parties in plain English, and, if applicable, the primary language of 15 the complainant, and the complainant shall have up to twenty-one days to 16 consider such term or condition. If [after twenty-one days such term or17condition] confidentiality is the complainant's preference, such prefer- 18 ence shall be memorialized in an agreement signed by all parties. For a 19 period of at least seven days following the execution of such agreement, 20 the complainant may revoke the agreement, and the agreement shall not 21 become effective or be enforceable until such revocation period has 22 expired. 23 (c) Any such term or condition shall be void to the extent that it 24 prohibits or otherwise restricts the complainant from: (i) initiating, 25 testifying, assisting, complying with a subpoena from, or participating EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02527-01-3S. 4516 2 1 in any manner with an investigation conducted by the appropriate local, 2 state, or federal agency; or (ii) filing or disclosing any facts neces- 3 sary to receive unemployment insurance, Medicaid, or other public bene- 4 fits to which the complainant is entitled. 5 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any provision 6 in a contract or other agreement between an employer or an agent of an 7 employer and any employee [or], potential employee, or independent 8 contractor of that employer entered into on or after January first, two 9 thousand twenty, that prevents the disclosure of factual information 10 related to any future claim of discrimination is void and unenforceable 11 unless such provision notifies the employee [or], potential employee, or 12 independent contractor that it does not prohibit [him or her] the 13 complainant from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment 14 opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, the attorney 15 general, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by 16 the employee or potential employee. 17 3. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no release of any 18 claim, the factual foundation for which involves unlawful discrimi- 19 nation, including discriminatory harassment, or retaliation, shall be 20 enforceable, if as part of the agreement resolving such claim: 21 (a) the complainant is required to pay liquidated damages for 22 violation of a nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause; 23 (b) the complainant is required to forfeit all or part of the consid- 24 eration for the agreement, for violation of a nondisclosure clause or 25 nondisparagement clause; or 26 (c) it contains or requires any affirmative statement, assertion, or 27 disclaimer by the complainant that the complainant was not in fact 28 subject to unlawful discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, 29 or retaliation. 30 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to agree- 31 ments entered on or after such date.