Bill Text: NY S02378 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02378 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2378
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 24, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the  statute
          of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac-
          tices constituting sexual harassment 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  958  of  the  laws  of 1968, 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 after the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice; provided
     6  that in cases of sexual harassment, the complaint must be so filed with-
     7  in three years after the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01293-01-9
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