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A05431 Summary:

BILL NOA05431B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01059-B
 
SPONSORCruz
 
COSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn, Seawright, Gallagher, Paulin, Epstein, Gonzalez-Rojas, Jackson, Simon, Mamdani, Kelles, Forrest, Dinowitz, Otis
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1-d, rel §§1-u & 1-v to be §§1-x & 1-y, add §1-u, Leg L
 
Authorizes the joint commission on public ethics to provide a training course concerning anti-sexual harassment training for lobbyists; requires lobbyists to complete the course annually.
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A05431 Actions:

BILL NOA05431B
 
02/16/2021referred to governmental operations
05/04/2021amend and recommit to governmental operations
05/04/2021print number 5431a
01/05/2022referred to governmental operations
03/03/2022amend and recommit to governmental operations
03/03/2022print number 5431b
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A05431 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5431--B
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 16, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CRUZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SEAWRIGHT, GALLAGHER,
          PAULIN, EPSTEIN,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  JACKSON,  SIMON,  MAMDANI,  KELLES,
          FORREST,  DINOWITZ, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --  recommitted
          to  the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assem-
          bly Rule 3, sec. 2 --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative law, in relation to authorizing the
          joint commission on public integrity  to  provide  a  training  course
          concerning anti-sexual harassment training for lobbyists and requiring
          lobbyists to complete the course annually
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 1-d of the legislative law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
     3    (i) provide an online anti-sexual harassment training course for indi-
     4  viduals  filing  statements  of  registration  as  lobbyists pursuant to
     5  section one-e of this article, including individuals filing  an  initial
     6  registration  statement  and  individuals  filing a renewal registration
     7  statement.  The curriculum for the course shall be based upon the  model
     8  sexual  harassment  prevention  guidance  document and sexual harassment
     9  prevention policy promulgated by the department  of  labor  pursuant  to
    10  section two hundred one-g of the labor law and shall include, but not be
    11  limited  to,  explanations  and  discussions  of what constitutes sexual
    12  harassment, the statutes and regulations of New York  concerning  sexual
    13  harassment,  summaries  of  advisory  opinions,  underlying purposes and
    14  principles of the relevant laws, and examples of  practical  application
    15  of  these  laws  and principles.   The curriculum shall include specific
    16  material relating to sexual harassment issues in the lobbying and  advo-
    17  cacy  industry. The commission shall prepare those methods and materials
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05942-11-2

        A. 5431--B                          2
 
     1  necessary to implement the curriculum.  The commission shall prepare and
     2  publish on its website a list of the names of lobbyists who have  failed
     3  to  complete the training course by the required date and are prohibited
     4  from  engaging  in  lobbying  activities,  provided the commission shall
     5  update the list and remove the name of any lobbyist that  completes  the
     6  training course within two business days of the lobbyist's completion of
     7  the training course.
     8    §  2.  Sections  1-u  and  1-v  of the legislative law, section 1-v as
     9  relettered by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are relettered sections 1-x
    10  and 1-y and a new section 1-u is added to read as follows:
    11    § 1-u. Anti-sexual  harassment  training.  Each  individual  filing  a
    12  registration  statement  as a lobbyist pursuant to section one-e of this
    13  article, including individuals filing an initial registration  statement
    14  and  individuals filing a renewal registration statement, shall complete
    15  the anti-sexual harassment training course provided by the commission on
    16  public integrity pursuant to subdivision (i) of section  one-d  of  this
    17  article at least once annually during the period that such individual is
    18  registered  as a lobbyist. Completion of the training course shall be in
    19  addition to, and shall not satisfy, any other  statutory  or  regulatory
    20  requirement  under  state  or  local  law.  If  any  person who has been
    21  retained, employed or designated as a lobbyist  on  or  before  December
    22  fifteenth of the previous calendar year fails to complete such course by
    23  December thirty-first of that year, such person shall be prohibited from
    24  engaging  in  lobbying activities in the following year until the person
    25  completes the training course. If any  person  who  has  been  retained,
    26  employed  or  designated  as  a lobbyist after December fifteenth of the
    27  previous calendar year fails to complete such course within thirty  days
    28  of  such  retention,  employment  or  designation,  such person shall be
    29  prohibited  from  engaging  in  lobbying  activities  until  the  person
    30  completes the training course.
    31    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to indi-
    32  viduals registered as lobbyists on and after January 1, 2023.
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