STATE OF NEW YORK
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566--A
Cal. No. 208
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, BROUK, GAUGHRAN, JACKSON -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Investigations and Government Operations -- reported favorably from
said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the statute
of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
tices to three years
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 297 of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 5. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed with-
5 in [one year] three years after the alleged unlawful discriminatory
6 practice. [In cases of sexual harassment in employment, any complaint
7 filed pursuant to this section must be so filed within three years after
8 the alleged unlawful discriminatory practices.]
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
10 have become a law and shall apply to all unlawful discriminatory prac-
11 tice claims arising on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02708-02-1