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A02611 Summary:
BILL NO | A02611E |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S02884-E |
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SPONSOR | Dinowitz (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Rosenthal L, Crespo, Buchwald, Weprin, Miller MG, Rodriguez, Otis, Abinanti, Seawright, Solages, Reyes, Taylor, Sayegh, Gottfried, Epstein, D'Urso, Stirpe, Arroyo, Blake, Hyndman, De La Rosa, Steck, Cook, Glick, Cruz, Zebrowski, Ortiz, Wallace, Fall, Frontus, Fernandez, Darling, Barron |
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MLTSPNSR | DenDekker, Galef, Griffin, Jaffee, Perry, Simon |
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Amd §§380-a & 380-b, Gen Bus L | |
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Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations. |
A02611 Actions:
BILL NO | A02611E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01/24/2019 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/08/2019 | amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/08/2019 | print number 2611a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/20/2019 | amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/20/2019 | print number 2611b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2019 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/10/2019 | amend and recommit to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/10/2019 | print number 2611c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2019 | amend and recommit to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2019 | print number 2611d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | rules report cal.335 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.335 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/27/2020 | amended on third reading 2611e | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES |
A02611 Committee Votes:
DenDekker | Aye | Mikulin | Nay | ||||||
Abbate | Aye | McDonough | Nay | ||||||
Quart | Aye | Miller | Nay | ||||||
Buchwald | Aye | Palumbo | Nay | ||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Excused | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Niou | Aye | ||||||||
Pheffer Amato | Aye | ||||||||
Williams | Aye | ||||||||
Fall | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Ra | Nay | ||||||
Schimminger | Excused | Giglio | Nay | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Nay | ||||||
Cook | Excused | Morinello | Nay | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Nay | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Garbarino | Nay | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Nay | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Nay | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Nay | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Barclay | Nay | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Raia | Nay | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Nay | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Giglio | Nay | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Malliotakis | Nay | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Excused | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Excused | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
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A02611 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
No
Crouch
No
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
No
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
No
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
No
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
No
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
No
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
No
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
No
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
No
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
No
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
No
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
No
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
No
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
No
Norris
No
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
No
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
No
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
No
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
No
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
No
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
No
Lawrence
No
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
No
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
No
Smullen
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A02611 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2611--E Cal. No. 116 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 24, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, L. ROSENTHAL, CRESPO, BUCHWALD, WEPRIN, M. G. MILLER, RODRIGUEZ, OTIS, ABINANTI, SEAWRIGHT, SOLAGES, REYES, TAYLOR, SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED, EPSTEIN, D'URSO, STIRPE, ARROYO, BLAKE, HYNDMAN, DE LA ROSA, STECK, COOK, GLICK, CRUZ, ZEBROWSKI, ORTIZ, WALLACE, FALL, FRONTUS, FERNANDEZ, DARLING -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKKER, GALEF, GRIFFIN, JAFFEE, PERRY, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the disclosure or use of a person's consumer credit history to an employ- er, labor organization, employment agency or agent thereof for purposes of employment decisions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 380-a of the general business law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (v) to read as follows: 3 (v) The term "consumer credit history" means an individual's credit 4 worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity or payment history, as 5 indicated by: 6 (1) a consumer credit report; 7 (2) credit score; or 8 (3) information an employer obtains directly from the individual 9 regarding (i) details about credit accounts, including the individual's EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01243-16-0A. 2611--E 2 1 number of credit accounts, late or missed payments, charged-off debts, 2 items in collections, credit limit or prior credit report inquiries, or 3 (ii) bankruptcies, judgments or liens. 4 A consumer credit report shall include any written or other communi- 5 cation of any information by a consumer reporting agency that bears on a 6 consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, credit capacity or credit 7 history. 8 § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 380-b of the general business law is 9 relettered subdivision (g) and three new subdivisions (d), (e) and (f) 10 are added to read as follows: 11 (d) (1) Except as provided in this subdivision, it shall be an unlaw- 12 ful discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization, employ- 13 ment agency or any agent thereof to request or to use for employment 14 purposes the consumer credit history of an applicant for employment or 15 employee, or otherwise discriminate against an applicant or employee 16 with regard to hiring, compensation, or the terms, conditions or privi- 17 leges of employment based on the consumer credit history of the appli- 18 cant or employee. 19 (2) Paragraph one of this subdivision shall not apply to: 20 (i) an employer, or agent thereof, that is required by state or feder- 21 al law or by a self-regulatory organization as defined in section 22 3(a)(26) of the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended to use an 23 individual's consumer credit history for employment purposes; 24 (ii) persons applying for positions as or employed as peace officers 25 or police officers, as such terms are defined in subdivisions thirty- 26 three and thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, 27 respectively, or in a position with a law enforcement or investigative 28 function in a law enforcement agency. 29 (3) Paragraph one of this subdivision shall not be construed to affect 30 the obligations of persons required by state or local law relating to 31 disclosures by public employees of conflicts of interest. 32 (4) Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude an employer from 33 requesting or receiving consumer credit history information pursuant to 34 a lawful subpoena, court order or specific law enforcement investi- 35 gation. 36 (e) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, it shall be 37 an unlawful discriminatory practice for any state or municipal agency to 38 request or use for licensing or permitting purposes information 39 contained in the consumer credit history of an applicant, licensee or 40 permittee for licensing or permitting purposes. 41 (2) Paragraph one of this subdivision shall not apply to an agency 42 required by state or federal law to use an individual's consumer credit 43 history for licensing or permitting purposes. 44 (3) Paragraph one of this subdivision shall not be construed to affect 45 the ability of an agency to consider an applicant's, licensee's, regis- 46 trant's or permittee's failure to pay any tax, fine, penalty or fee for 47 which liability has been admitted by the person liable therefor, or for 48 which judgment has been entered by a court or administrative tribunal of 49 competent jurisdiction, or any tax for which a government agency has 50 issued a warrant, or a lien or levy on property. 51 (4) Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a licensing agency from 52 requesting, receiving, or using consumer credit history information 53 obtained pursuant to a lawful subpoena, court order or specific law 54 enforcement investigation. 55 (f) This section does not annul, alter, affect or exempt any employer, 56 labor organization, employment agency or any agent thereof subject toA. 2611--E 3 1 the provisions of this section from complying with any local law, ordi- 2 nance or regulation with respect to the use of consumer credit history 3 for employment purposes except to the extent that those laws are incon- 4 sistent with any provision of this section, and then only to the extent 5 of such inconsistency. For purposes of this subdivision, a local law, 6 ordinance or regulation is not inconsistent with this section if the 7 protection such law or regulation affords an employee or job applicant 8 is greater than the protection provided by this section. 9 § 3. The division of human rights shall request information from state 10 and local agencies and non-governmental employers regarding the agen- 11 cies' and employers' use of the exemptions established in subdivision 12 (d) of section 380-b of the general business law for purposes of hiring 13 and employment. Within two years of the effective date of this act, the 14 division of human rights shall submit to the legislature a report 15 concerning the results of such request and any relevant feedback from 16 agencies and employers. 17 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 18 it shall have become a law.