Assembly Bill A1798

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes minors who are members of a religious community to engage or assist in employment which minors are otherwise prohibited from performing

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1798 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§131, 132 & 133, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2252
2011-2012: A6082
2013-2014: A5041
2015-2016: A5117
2017-2018: A4536
2019-2020: A5432
2021-2022: A4868

2023-A1798 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes minors who are 14 or older and are active members of a religious community to engage or assist in employment which such minors are otherwise prohibited from performing; requires such minors to be supervised by an adult member of such religious community.

2023-A1798 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1798
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing  minors  four-
   teen  years  of age or older, working as part of a religious community
   of which they are a member, to be employed in  or  assist  in  certain
   activities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE EMPLOYMENT
 OF OR ASSISTANCE IN EMPLOYMENT BY A MINOR FOURTEEN OR FIFTEEN  YEARS  OF
 AGE  WHO IS THE MEMBER OF A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH
 C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE.
   § 2. Section 132 of the labor law is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
 sion 6 to read as follows:
   6.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE EMPLOYMENT
 OF OR ASSISTANCE IN EMPLOYMENT BY A MINOR SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN YEARS  OF
 AGE  WHO IS THE MEMBER OF A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH
 C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 133 of  the  labor  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO ANY MINOR FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, WHEN SUCH MINOR IS EMPLOYED
 BY OR ASSISTS IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY, OF WHICH  SUCH
 MINOR  IS  AN  ACTIVE MEMBER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AT ALL TIMES WHILE
 SUCH A MINOR IS ENGAGED OR ASSISTING IN OTHERWISE PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT,
 HE OR SHE SHALL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PERSON EIGHTEEN  YEARS  OF
 AGE  OR OLDER WHO IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SAME RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06065-01-3
              

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