New York S 2261: Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment

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S02261 Summary:

BILL NOS02261 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN, JACKSON, MURRAY, RHOADS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §404-ff, V & T L

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Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund.

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BILL NOS02261 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1068

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/21/2025PASSED SENATE

05/21/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/22/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.246

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/05/2026PASSED SENATE

03/05/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/05/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2261

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 the issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of paid
 professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 404-ff to read as follows:
 3 § 404-ff. Distinctive license plates for family members of paid
 4 professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty. 1. For purposes
 5 of this section, "family members of a paid professional firefighter who
 6 died in the line-of-duty" shall mean a spouse, registered domestic part-
 7 ner, parent, sibling or child of a paid professional firefighter who
 8 died in the course of employment or performance of duties as a fire-
 9 fighter.
 10 2. Any family member of a paid professional firefighter who died in
 11 the line-of-duty and who resides in this state shall, upon request, be
 12 issued a distinctive license plate bearing the words "Survivor of the
 13 Bravest" of a design approved by the commissioner. Application for such
 14 license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and
 15 detail as the commissioner shall prescribe and shall be verified annual-
 16 ly by the applicant.
 17 3. A distinctive plate authorized pursuant to subdivision two of this
 18 section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
 19 that the applicant is a family member of a paid professional firefighter
 20 who died in the line-of-duty.
 21 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 22 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 23 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
 24 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03548-01-5

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 1 five dollars shall be charged for such plate. Such annual service
 2 charge shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section four
 3 hundred four-oo of this article to the credit of the department of motor
 4 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section nine-
 5 ty-five-g of the state finance law and shall be used for the production,
 6 design, advertising and marketing of distinctive license plates pursuant
 7 to such section ninety-five-g.
 8 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 9 the vehicle and traffic law as added by section one of this act shall
 10 only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the depart-
 11 ment of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand
 12 dollars, wh