S1247-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Establishes sex offender employment act; prohibits sex offenders from working with children

Relates to sex offender registry check for certain employers.

Sponsor: ADDABBO / Co-sponsor(s): AVELLA, GRISANTI, KENNEDY / Committee: RULES
Law Section: Labor Law / Law: Add S201-g, Lab L

S1247-2011 Actions

Jun 21, 2012: COMMITTED TO RULES
Feb 7, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb 6, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Jan 31, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.151
Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LABOR
Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
Mar 7, 2011: referred to labor
Mar 7, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Mar 7, 2011: PASSED SENATE
Mar 3, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Mar 2, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Mar 1, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.118
Jan 6, 2011: REFERRED TO LABOR

S1247-2011 Meetings

Labor: Jan 31, 2012, Labor: Mar 1, 2011

S1247-2011 Calendars

S1247-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Labor - Mar 1, 2011

Ayes (14): Robach, Alesi, DeFrancisco, Gallivan, Grisanti, Marcellino, McDonald, Martins, Addabbo, Dilan, Gianaris, Perkins, Rivera, Smith
Ayes W/R (1): Peralta
Excused (1): Johnson

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Mar 7, 2011

Ayes (59): Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (3): Adams, Duane, Kruger

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Labor - Jan 31, 2012

Ayes (16): Robach, Alesi, DeFrancisco, Gallivan, Grisanti, Johnson, Marcellino, McDonald, Martins, Peralta, Addabbo, Dilan, Gianaris, Perkins, Rivera, Smith

S1247-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1247              REVISED 03/07/11

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the labor law, in relation to sex offender
registry check for certain employers

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To prevent employers from hiring sex offenders and child abusers for
positions in which they would have substantial contact with children,
and to prevent those on the New York State Sex Offender Registry from
holding jobs in which they would have substantial contact with
children.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
A new section, 201-g, is amended into the Labor law.

JUSTIFICATION:
Keeping children safe from dangerous predators must be our first
priority. Public school hiring policy already acknowledges how
important background checks are for those we trust, especially around
our children.
Extending the background check requirement to other fields which are,
by their nature, child oriented serves the community as a whole. It
would give parents the assurance that their child is safer. It would
reduce the risk of creating new victims of sexual abuse by barring
known offenders from interacting with children. It would also deter
offenders from seeking employment in fields which would give them the
means to re-offend.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010: S.6998 - Passed the Senate 61-0.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S1247-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          1247
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 6, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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  sex  offender  registry
 check for certain employers
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  201-g  to
 read as follows:

 

S  201-G.  SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS. 1.  ANY
 EMPLOYER THAT OPERATES A SCHOOL DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH F OF  SUBDIVISION
 TWO  OF  SECTION FIVE THOUSAND ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ESTABLISHED FOR
 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO CHILDREN UNDER  THE  AGE
 OF  SIXTEEN,  SHALL, BEFORE HIRING A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE FOR A POSITION
 WHERE SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE DIRECT AND  UNSUPER
 VISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN, ASCERTAIN WHETHER SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE
 IS  LISTED  ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE SIX-C OF
 THE CORRECTION LAW.
 2. PRIOR TO INITIATING THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY INQUIRY DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION, AN EMPLOYER SHALL INFORM THE PROSPEC
 TIVE EMPLOYEE THAT SUCH INQUIRY WILL BE PERFORMED.
 3. A WILLFUL VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL SUBJECT AN EMPLOYER TO  A
 CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02021-01-1

S1247-2011: Establishes sex offender employment act; prohibits sex offenders from working with children