S06800 Summary:

BILL NOS06800A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10769
 
SPONSORMETZGER
 
COSPNSRBIAGGI, KAPLAN
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 202-e, St Ad Proc Act; add 138-a, Ec Dev L
 
Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide and post such guide to the division for small-business's website.
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S06800 Actions:

BILL NOS06800A
 
10/23/2019REFERRED TO RULES
11/15/2019AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES
11/15/2019PRINT NUMBER 6800A
01/08/2020REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
03/03/20201ST REPORT CAL.532
03/04/20202ND REPORT CAL.
03/10/2020ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
03/11/2020PASSED SENATE
03/11/2020DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
03/11/2020referred to small business
07/21/2020substituted for a10769
07/21/2020ordered to third reading rules cal.216
07/21/2020passed assembly
07/21/2020returned to senate
11/20/2020DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
12/02/2020VETOED MEMO.72
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S06800 Committee Votes:

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S06800 Floor Votes:

DATE:07/21/2020Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 142/0
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Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
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Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
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Richardson
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Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
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Montesano
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Rosenthal D
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Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
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DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
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Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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S06800 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6800--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    October 23, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act and the economic
          development law, in relation to requiring the division for small-busi-
          ness to publish a small business compliance guide
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 202-e of the state adminis-
     2  trative  procedure  act,  subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 253 of the
     3  laws of 2005 and subdivision 2 as added by chapter 730 of  the  laws  of
     4  2004, are amended to read as follows:
     5    1.  Not  less  than  once  each year, every agency shall submit to the
     6  secretary of state for publication in the state register a list  of  all
     7  guidance  documents  on  which  the agency currently relies, and provide
     8  information on where and how regulated parties and members of the public
     9  may inspect and obtain copies of any such document;  provided,  however,
    10  that  the  department of environmental conservation shall be exempt from
    11  the requirements of this subdivision.  Guidance published  according  to
    12  section one hundred thirty-eight-a of the economic development law shall
    13  be  published  in  the  state register. Unless otherwise provided for by
    14  law, an agency may make such documents  available  as  provided  in  the
    15  freedom of information law, and may charge fees pursuant to such law for
    16  copies of any such document.
    17    2.  The  secretary  of state may exempt an agency from compliance with
    18  the requirements of subdivision one of this section upon a determination
    19  that the agency has published on its website the full text of all  guid-
    20  ance  documents  on  which it currently relies except for guidance docu-
    21  ments published according to section one hundred thirty-eight-a  of  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13976-02-9

        S. 6800--A                          2
 
     1  economic development law.  The secretary of state shall publish a notice
     2  of such determination identifying the website in the state register.
     3    §  2.  The economic development law is amended by adding a new section
     4  138-a to read as follows:
     5    § 138-a. Small business compliance guide.  1. The division for  small-
     6  business  shall compile and publish a small business compliance guide by
     7  January thirty-first each year in consultation with any  other  relevant
     8  state agency, department, office, division, board, bureau, commission or
     9  authority.  Such  guide shall inform small business owners and operators
    10  of statutory and regulatory changes that have taken  effect  within  the
    11  previous  calendar  year. Such guide shall include but not be limited to
    12  information regarding permits,  licenses,  taxes,  insurance,  workplace
    13  safety,  workers'  compensation,  wages, hours, and benefits. Such guide
    14  shall describe any statutory and regulatory changes in plain and common-
    15  ly understood terms and shall aid the reader in understanding the statu-
    16  tory and regulatory changes and shall limit the use of  technical  terms
    17  whenever  possible.  Such  guide  shall also include appropriate contact
    18  information for relevant state agencies.
    19    2. The commissioner shall publish such small business compliance guide
    20  on the division for small-business's website. The division for small-bu-
    21  siness shall annually engage in a public awareness campaign. Such public
    22  awareness campaign may utilize public  forums,  social  media  and  mass
    23  media, including but not limited to internet, radio, and print advertis-
    24  ing  and  shall  include  materials  and information on the division for
    25  small-business's website. The division for small-business shall  coordi-
    26  nate  with  relevant  statewide and regional business advocacy organiza-
    27  tions. The campaign shall be tailored to educate small  business  owners
    28  and  operators  regarding the availability of the small business compli-
    29  ance guide and resources available to assist small businesses and opera-
    30  tors with complying with statutory and regulatory changes.
    31    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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