Bill Text: NY S06975 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6975 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Prohibits officers or employees of a state agency, members of the legislature or legislative employees from committing acts of sexual harassment while serving in his or her official capacity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-12 - PRINT NUMBER 6975A [S06975 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6975
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    December 28, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the public officers  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
          sexual harassment by certain individuals
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 74 of the public officers  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
     3    j. No officer or employee of a state agency, member of the legislature
     4  or  legislative  employee shall commit an act of sexual harassment while
     5  serving in his or her official capacity. For purposes of  this  section,
     6  "sexual  harassment"  shall  mean  making  unwelcome  or unwanted sexual
     7  advances, requesting sexual favors in exchange for  favorable  treatment
     8  or  continued  employment,  engaging  in verbal or physical conduct of a
     9  sexual nature which is made a term or condition or employment, or  using
    10  the  refusal  or acceptance of such advances as the basis for employment
    11  decisions. "Sexual harassment" shall also include any type  of  sexually
    12  oriented  conduct  that  is  unwelcome  and has the purpose or effect of
    13  unreasonably interfering with an employee's work performance or creating
    14  a work environment that is intimidating, hostile, offensive or  coercive
    15  to a reasonable person.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to conduct
    17  that occurs on and after such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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