New York Assembly Bill 8504 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on August 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-17 - print number 8504c
Pending: Assembly Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires public agencies and private employers to adopt a policy that requires the public agency or private employer to provide a person who has been convicted of a crime an opportunity to submit an explanation of the facts surrounding the offense and conviction and any other information the person deems relevant to the issue prior to making a determination regarding the convicted person's employment or a determination to refuse to issue a license to such person; requires contracts not be terminated, canceled or not renewed due to a conviction without an opportunity to submit an explanation.

Requires public agencies and private employers to adopt a policy that requires the public agency or private employer to provide a person who has been convicted of a crime an opportunity to submit an explanation of the facts surrounding the offense and conviction and any other information the person deems relevant to the issue prior to making a determination regarding the convicted person's employment or a determination to refuse to issue a license to such person; requires contracts not be terminated, canceled or not renewed due to a conviction without an opportunity to submit an explanation.

Asm. Nick Perry [D]	Asm. David Weprin [D]	Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]	Asm. Walter Mosley [D]
Asm. Harvey Epstein [D]	Asm. Diane Richardson [D]	Asm. Inez Dickens [D]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-17	Assembly	print number 8504c
2020-08-17	Assembly	amend and recommit to correction
2020-03-02	Assembly	print number 8504b
2020-03-02	Assembly	amend and recommit to correction
2020-01-23	Assembly	print number 8504a
2020-01-23	Assembly	amend and recommit to correction
2020-01-08	Assembly	referred to correction
2019-08-07	Assembly	referred to correction

S08043 (Same As) 2020-08-05 - PRINT NUMBER 8043A

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8504
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08504&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08504
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08504&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08504A
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08504&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08504B
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08504&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08504C