STATE OF NEW YORK
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8601
IN SENATE
February 21, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting mandatory iris
and retina scanning of employees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-a-1 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 201-a-1. Mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees prohibited.
4 Except as otherwise provided by law, no person, as a condition of secur-
5 ing employment or of continuing employment, shall be required to undergo
6 iris or retina scanning. This provision shall not apply to employees of
7 the state or any municipal subdivisions or departments thereof, or to
8 the employees of legally incorporated hospitals, supported in whole or
9 in part by public funds or private endowment, or to the employees of
10 medical colleges affiliated with such hospitals or to employees of
11 private proprietary hospitals. The commissioner shall further develop a
12 waiver process for other employers or occupations to be exempt from this
13 provision.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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