New York A 5012: Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Status: REFERRED TO LABOR (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 5012

Sponsors: Harry B. Bronson, MaryJane Shimsky, Phil Steck, Yudelka Tapia

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A05012 Summary:

BILL NOA05012 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03895

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRShimsky, Tapia, Steck

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §27-b, Lab L

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Relates to the definition of employer and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.

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BILL NOA05012 

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02/10/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5012

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, SHIMSKY, TAPIA, STECK -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the definition of employer
 and the duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to
 prevent workplace violence

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 27-b of the labor
 2 law, as amended by chapter 351 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
 5 state; (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation, or any
 6 other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof; [and] (4) an
 7 authorized agency as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of
 8 section three hundred seventy-one of the social services law that
 9 accepts children adjudicated delinquent under article three of the fami-
 10 ly court act; and (5) a not-for-profit corporation, as defined in para-
 11 graph (a) of section one hundred two of the not-for-profit corporation
 12 law, who received at least fifty percent of their budget through govern-
 13 ment sources.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06567-01-5

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