New York S 6832: Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate

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S06832 Summary:

BILL NOS06832 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05087

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, BASKIN, BORRELLO, CHAN, GALLIVAN, HELMING, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MARTINEZ, MAYER,
 MYRIE, RAMOS, RHOADS, ROLISON, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6, Mil L; amd §§161 & 169, Work Comp L

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Relates to participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations by members of the organized militia; provides that members of the organized militia shall qualify as employees for the purposes of making a claim under the workers' compensation law for participation in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations.

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BILL NOS06832 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1636

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

04/28/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1363

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6832

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. WEBB, ASHBY, GALLIVAN, HELMING, MARTINEZ, ROLISON,
 SEPULVEDA, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
 tary Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the military law and the workers' compensation law, in
 relation to participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery and
 cleanup operations by members of the organized militia

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6 of the military law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. Notwithstanding any other law, regulation or rule to the contra-
 4 ry, an order into active service of the organized militia as part of the
 5 World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations shall qualify
 6 such member of the organized militia as an employee under article
 7 eight-A of the workers' compensation law. For the purposes of this
 8 subdivision, "organized militia" shall mean members of the New York army
 9 national guard, the New York air national guard, the New York naval
 10 militia, and the New York guard. Alternative proof of an order into
 11 active service of the organized militia as part of the World Trade
 12 Center rescue, recovery, and cleanup operations, as determined by the
 13 division of military and naval affairs, including third-party
 14 verification and witness presence statements as included in the federal
 15 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, as amended,
 16 shall qualify such member of the organized militia as an employee under
 17 article eight-A of the workers' compensation law.
 18 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 161 of the
 19 workers' compensation law, as added by chapter 446 of the laws of 2006,
 20 is amended to read as follows:
 21 "Participant in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup oper-
 22 ations" means any (a) employee, including members of the organized mili-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06849-01-5

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 1 tia as provided in subdivision one-a of section six of the military law,
 2 who within the course of employment, or (b) volunteer upon presentation
 3 to the board of evidence satisfactory to the board that [he or she]
 4 they:
 5 § 3. Section 169 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding
 6 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 7 3. Notwithstanding section eighteen or twenty-eight or any other
 8 provision of this chapter, any