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A04676 Summary:
BILL NO | A04676A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01554-B |
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SPONSOR | Woerner |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Creates a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program. |
A04676 Actions:
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02/22/2023 | referred to labor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/18/2023 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/08/2023 | amend and recommit to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/08/2023 | print number 4676a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | rules report cal.344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | REFERRED TO LABOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2023 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S1554B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2023 | 3RD READING CAL.1732 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2023 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/13/2023 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2023 | vetoed memo.48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2023 | tabled |
A04676 Committee Votes:
Joyner | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | DiPietro | Nay | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Hevesi | Aye | DeStefano | Aye | ||||||
Bronson | Aye | Durso | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Steck | Aye | Smullen | Aye | ||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | Bendett | Aye | ||||||
Cruz | Aye | Slater | Aye | ||||||
Reyes | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Absent | ||||||||
Jacobson | Aye | ||||||||
Burgos | Aye | ||||||||
Zinerman | Aye | ||||||||
Taylor | Aye | ||||||||
Sillitti | Aye | ||||||||
Tapia | Aye | ||||||||
Lucas | Aye | ||||||||
Alvarez | Aye | ||||||||
Ardila | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
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 | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Excused | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Weprin | Aye | Walsh | Aye | ||||||
Ramos | Aye | DeStefano | Aye | ||||||
Braunstein | Aye | Manktelow | Aye | ||||||
McDonald | Aye | Smullen | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Excused | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Excused | ||||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
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A04676 Floor Votes:
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chang
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallahan
ER
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
ER
Conrad
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes ‡
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal D
ER
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes ‡
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes ‡
Buttenschon
ER
Fall
Yes
Joyner
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A04676 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4676--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 22, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to creating a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the current utilization of paid family leave, make recommendations on how to increase access and the visibility of the program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to conduct a 2 comprehensive study, and prepare a report on the current utilization of 3 paid family leave under article 9 of the workers' compensation law. 4 § 2. (a) The commission shall consist of twelve members appointed by 5 the governor as follows: (i) a representative of organized labor 6 appointed upon recommendation of the New York State American Federation 7 of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations; (ii) a representative of 8 the business community appointed upon recommendation of the Business 9 Council of New York State, Incorporated; (iii) two persons upon recom- 10 mendation of the temporary president of the senate; (iv) one person 11 upon recommendation of the minority leader of the senate; (v) two 12 persons upon recommendation of the speaker of the assembly; (vi) one 13 person upon recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly; (vii) 14 the commissioner of labor; (viii) the superintendent of financial 15 services; (ix) the chair of the workers' compensation board; and (x) one 16 other person in the governor's discretion. The chair of the workers' 17 compensation board shall serve as the chair of the commission. Vacancies 18 in the membership of the commission and among its officers shall be 19 filled in the manner provided for original appointments. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04732-04-3A. 4676--A 2 1 (b) The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for 2 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses 3 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. 4 § 3. The study shall examine the current utilization of paid family 5 leave under article 9 of the workers' compensation law, including but 6 not limited to: 7 (a) demographic information of persons receiving such benefits includ- 8 ing but not limited to: 9 (i) gender; 10 (ii) race; 11 (iii) age; 12 (iv) geographic region of the state of New York; and 13 (v) industry or type of employment; 14 (b) the average amount of benefits received and length of leave taken; 15 (c) the type of leave taken; 16 (d) employers' experiences on the use of paid family leave, including: 17 (i) ease of use; and 18 (ii) responsiveness of the department to questions; and 19 (e) unintended barriers that employees face in utilizing paid family 20 leave including but not limited to: 21 (i) understanding of benefits; 22 (ii) knowledge of eligibility; and 23 (iii) knowledge of the existence of paid family leave. 24 § 4. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, the 25 commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary pres- 26 ident of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly a report of the 27 study's findings, together with specific recommendations for increasing 28 the access of demographic groups underutilizing paid family leave bene- 29 fits, and removing or lessening unintended barriers to use of paid fami- 30 ly leave identified in the study. 31 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 32 deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.