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A04482 Summary:

BILL NO	A04482
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Pretlow
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §139, Cor L
Requires incarcerated individual sexual harassment complaints made against department employees to be investigated by the attorney general; makes the findings and recommendations of the attorney general final and binding on the part of the department.

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A04482 Actions:

BILL NO	A04482
02/16/2023	referred to correction
01/03/2024	referred to correction

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A04482 Committee Votes:

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A04482 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4482
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 16, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Correction
 
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the investigation  of
          sexual harassment complaints made by incarcerated individuals
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 139 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule to the contrary,
     4  any  grievance  made  by  an individual in the custody of the department
     5  alleging sexual harassment by an employee of  the  department  shall  be
     6  investigated  by  the attorney general. The findings and recommendations
     7  of the attorney general shall be final and the department shall take the
     8  necessary and required actions to implement such findings and  recommen-
     9  dations.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    11  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09503-01-3

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