Bill Text: NY A00327 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants employee protections conferred by the labor law to cheerleaders.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to labor [A00327 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00327-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           327
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROZIC, ARROYO, BLAKE, BRONSON, CUSICK, DAVILA,
          DE LA ROSA, DenDEKKER, FAHY, HEVESI, HUNTER, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO,  ORTIZ,
          PICHARDO,   PEOPLES-STOKES,  QUART,  L. ROSENTHAL,  SEAWRIGHT,  SIMON,
          SOLAGES, ZEBROWSKI, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
          of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
        AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the cheer-
          leaders' fair pay act
          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 219-d to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 219-d. Application to cheerleaders. 1. A  professional  sports  team
     4  based  in this state that employs professional athletes who have entered
     5  into professional sports-services contracts, as defined  by  subdivision
     6  eight  of  section  eight  hundred ninety-nine-a of the general business
     7  law, and that utilizes the services of cheerleaders during  its  exhibi-
     8  tions  or games, shall provide such cheerleaders with all of the rights,
     9  benefits and protections conferred to its employees by this chapter  for
    10  all services provided for the benefit of the team.
    11    2. For the purposes of this section, "cheerleader" means an individual
    12  who  performs  acrobatics,  dance,  gymnastic exercises, ice skating, or
    13  other performances in promotion of a professional sports franchise iden-
    14  tified in subdivision one of this section.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01110-01-9