NY S06578 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on July 17 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-17 - signed chap.105
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on July 17 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-17 - signed chap.105
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Enacts the farm laborers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for an 8 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farm laborers.
Title
Enacts the farm laborers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for an 8 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farm laborers.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-06-19 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 40 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-18 - Senate - Senate Rules Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-18 - Senate - Senate Rules Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-17 | Senate | signed chap.105 |
| 2019-07-16 | Assembly | delivered to governor |
| 2019-06-19 | Assembly | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| 2019-06-19 | Assembly | PASSED SENATE |
| 2019-06-19 | Assembly | 3RD READING CAL.1664 |
| 2019-06-19 | Assembly | SUBSTITUTED FOR S6578 |
| 2019-06-19 | Assembly | REFERRED TO RULES |
| 2019-06-19 | Senate | delivered to senate |
| 2019-06-19 | Senate | passed assembly |
| 2019-06-18 | Senate | ordered to third reading rules cal.579 |
| 2019-06-18 | Senate | rules report cal.579 |
| 2019-06-18 | Senate | reported |
| 2019-06-18 | Senate | reported referred to rules |
| 2019-06-16 | Senate | referred to ways and means |
| 2019-06-19 | Senate | SUBSTITUTED BY A8419 |
| 2019-06-18 | Senate | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1664 |
| 2019-06-16 | Senate | REFERRED TO RULES |
Same As/Similar To
A08419 (Same As) 2019-07-17 - signed chap.105
