S6998A-2009 Actions

• Jun 30, 2010: referred to codes
• Jun 30, 2010: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 30, 2010: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 30, 2010: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1385
• Jun 30, 2010: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 16, 2010: PRINT NUMBER 6998A
• Jun 16, 2010: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
• Mar 4, 2010: REFERRED TO LABOR

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BILL NUMBER:S6998A           REVISED 06/30/10

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 and
the Statewide Central Registry of Child Abuse and Maltreatment 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.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6998A-2009 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 6998--A
 I N  SENATE
 March 4, 2010
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Labor  --  committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee
 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.
 LBD16071-03-0

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