New York A 7206: Requires background checks prior to employment in a position involving substantial contact with children while dressed as a children's character

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A07206 Summary:

BILL NOA07206 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORChandler-Waterman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8-1.4, EPT L; amd §172-b, Exec L

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Requires tax exempt organizations to report on moneys spent on judgments and settlements regarding harassment, assault or abuse allegations against its officers, directors, employees, agents and trustees.

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BILL NOA07206 

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03/21/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7206

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law and the executive
 law, in relation to requiring not-for-profit and exempt organizations
 and trustees to report annually whether or not moneys were spent to
 pay judgments or settle accusations related to harassment, assault or
 abuse allegedly committed by officers, directors, employees or agents
 of the organizations or trustees

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

 1 Section 1. Section 8-1.4 of the estates, powers and trusts law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
 3 (t) (1) Notwithstanding the exemptions from the registration and
 4 reporting provisions of this section specified in paragraph (b) of this
 5 section, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply to a designated
 6 "trustee", as defined in paragraph (a) of this section, except to the
 7 extent, if any, that the application of this paragraph to any particular
 8 trustee is found by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdic-
 9 tion, after any and all appeals have been exhausted, to be violative of
 10 the federal or state constitution.
 11 (2) A designated trustee shall file annually with the attorney general
 12 on a form prescribed by the attorney general and on such date or dates
 13 as the attorney general shall require, a disclosure statement, setting
 14 forth under the penalties of perjury whether or not any of the funds
 15 entrusted to such board of trustees or designated trustee were expended
 16 during the immediately preceding fiscal year covered by such statement
 17 for the purpose of satisfying any judgment or paying the amount of any
 18 settlement related to one or more allegations of sexual harassment,
 19 sexual assault, or child abuse committed by an officer, director,
 20 employee or agent of the board of trustees or a designated trustee. A
 21 trustee otherwise required to file an annual financial report pursuant

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08337-01-5

 A. 7206 2

 1 to this section or section one hundred seventy-two-b of the executive
 2 law shall satisfy the filing requirement of this paragraph by including
 3 such annual disclosure statement with the filing of the trustee's annual
 4 financial report or as a part of the trustee's annual financial report.
 5 The failure to file or timely file such annual disclosure statement or
 6 to include it as a part of the trustee's annual financial report as
 7 permitted herein shall subject the trustee in default to the same fines
 8 and penalties as those that are applicable to failure by a trustee to
 9 file or timely file the trustee's annual financial report.
 10 § 2. Section 172-b of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 11 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 12 10. (a) Notwithstanding the exemptions from the registration and
 13 reporting provisions of this article specified in section one hundred
 14 seventy-two-a of this article, the provisions of this subdivision shall
 15 apply to all "charitable organizations" defined in section one hundred
 16 seventy-one-a of this article and to all entities otherwise exempted
 17 from this article that are enumerated in section one hundred seventy-
 18 two-a of this article, except to the extent, if any, that the applica-