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S05444 Summary:
BILL NO | S05444 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A06978 |
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SPONSOR | SCARCELLA-SPANTON |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add §399-k, Gen Bus L | |
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Permits employees of public utility corporations or public utility companies access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer. |
S05444 Actions:
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03/06/2023 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/25/2023 | 1ST REPORT CAL.662 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2023 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/01/2023 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2023 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2023 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | substituted for a6978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.278 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/13/2023 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2023 | SIGNED CHAP.660 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2023 | APPROVAL MEMO.29 |
S05444 Committee Votes:
Go to topS05444 Floor Votes:
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
No
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Slater
No
Angelino
Yes
Chang
No
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
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Conrad
Yes ‡
Gandolfo
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
No
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
No
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
No
Goodell
No
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
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
No
Hawley
Yes
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
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
No
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
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
S05444 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5444 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to permitting employees of public utilities access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 399-k to read as follows: 3 § 399-k. Access to restroom facilities. 1. A place of business open 4 to the general public for the sale of goods or services that has a 5 toilet facility for its employees shall allow any individual who is 6 lawfully on the premises of such place of business while performing a 7 utility related service to use that toilet facility during normal busi- 8 ness hours, even if the place of business does not normally make the 9 employee toilet facility available to the public, provided that all of 10 the following conditions are met: 11 a. the individual requesting the use of the employee toilet facility 12 is an employee of a public utility company or a public utility corpo- 13 ration as defined in section two of the public service law, provided 14 that the place of business may require the individual to present reason- 15 able evidence that the individual is an employee of such public utility 16 entity; 17 b. two or more employees of the place of business are working at the 18 time the individual requests use of the employee toilet facility; 19 c. the employee toilet facility is not located in an area where 20 providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the 21 requesting individual or create a security risk to the people, or prop- 22 erty within the place of business; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07109-01-3S. 5444 2 1 d. use of the toilet facility would not create an obvious health or 2 safety risk to the requesting individual; and 3 e. a public restroom is not immediately accessible to the requesting 4 individual. 5 2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable 6 by a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each 7 violation. 8 3. Businesses shall not be liable for any injuries which result from 9 toilet facility use by utility workers. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.