Bill Text: NY S07303 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7303 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose his or her age, date of birth or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-16 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S07303 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07303-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7303

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 prohibiting an employ-
          er, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring
          that a prospective employee disclose his or her age, date of birth  or
          date  of  graduation  from  an  educational  institution on an initial
          employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a
          bona fide occupational qualification or need

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3-a  of  section 296 of the executive law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
     3    (a-1) For any employer,  licensing  agency  or  employment  agency  to
     4  request  or require that a prospective employee disclose his or her age,
     5  date of birth or date of graduation from an educational  institution  on
     6  an  initial employment application or during an interview, except in the
     7  case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first January  next  succeeding
     9  the  date  upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    10  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    11  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    12  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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