Bill Text: NY S06780 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6780 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of credit history in making decisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S06780 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06780-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6780
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 22, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting  an
          employer from discriminating on the basis of credit history
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  380-BB to read as follows:
     3    § 380-BB. Discrimination on the basis of  credit  history.    Notwith-
     4  standing any contrary provision of law, no employer shall use or request
     5  information  in  the  credit  history  of a job applicant or employee in
     6  connection with or as a criterion for employment  decisions  related  to
     7  hiring,  termination,  promotion, demotion, discipline, compensation, or
     8  the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment unless  the  employer
     9  is  mandated  by  this  article  or federal law to use individual credit
    10  history for employment purposes, or the employer has a bona fide purpose
    11  for requesting or using information in the credit history report that is
    12  substantially related to the employee's current or potential job and the
    13  employer complies with the notice and consent requirements of the Feder-
    14  al Fair Credit Reporting Act.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13468-01-5