Bill Text: NY S04932 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "Joanne's law"; requires notification of actions of perpetrator of crime in workplace to the workplace.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S04932 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04932-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4932
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting "Joanne's law"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  "Joanne's law".
    3    S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 44  to  read  as
    4  follows:
    5    S  44. NOTIFICATION OF ACTIONS OF CRIME PERPETRATORS. THE CORRECTIONAL
    6  OR PROBATIONAL AUTHORITIES HAVING  JURISDICTION  OF  A  PERSON  WHO  HAS
    7  COMMITTED  A  CRIME  IN  A  WORKPLACE SHALL NOTIFY THE WORKPLACE IF SUCH
    8  PERSON IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION OR HAS VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS  OF
    9  HIS OR HER PROBATION OR PAROLE.
   10    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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