New York A 7697: Relates to providing minimum standards governing maternity policy for institutions employing police officers and correctional officers

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A07697 Summary:

BILL NOA07697 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06548

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SPONSORWalker

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §845-f, Exec L

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Relates to providing minimum standards governing maternity policy for institutions employing police officers and correctional officers including uniform and/or equipment modifications, exemption from firearm qualification requirements, and ensuring there is no discrimination or poor treatment of pregnant individuals.

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BILL NOA07697 

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04/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7697

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to maternity policies for
 police officers and correctional officers

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-f
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 845-f. Maternity policy. Any entity employing a police officer of
 4 the state or a municipality, or a correctional officer, shall adopt or
 5 revise maternity leave policies to conform with the following require-
 6 ments:
 7 (a) ensure against discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, child-
 8 birth, or any related medical condition;
 9 (b) provide that such officers are treated in the same fashion as
 10 temporarily disabled officers during pregnancy;
 11 (c) provide for procedures to modify full-duty assignments and to
 12 provide temporary, light-duty assignments, if and when medically indi-
 13 cated, consistent with the operational requirements of the employing
 14 entity, and that take into consideration any specific restrictions iden-
 15 tified by a pregnant officer's physician;
 16 (d) exempt such officers from firearms qualification requirements
 17 during pregnancy; and
 18 (e) provide for all practicable uniform and/or equipment modifica-
 19 tions, as may be necessary.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 21 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06862-01-5

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