New York S 5211: Relates to enacting the "New York state teleworking expansion act"

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S05211 Summary:

BILL NOS05211 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04850

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §13, Civ Serv L

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Enacts the "New York state teleworking expansion act"; provides that each state agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance.

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BILL NOS05211 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/02/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1046

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5211

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
 Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to enacting the "New
 York state teleworking expansion act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York state teleworking expansion act".
 3 § 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 13 to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 13. Teleworking programs. 1. Each state agency shall establish a
 6 policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of
 7 their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without
 8 diminished employee performance. Each state agency shall designate a
 9 "telework coordinator" to be responsible for overseeing the implementa-
 10 tion of teleworking programs.
 11 2. For the purposes of this section, the term:
 12 (a) "telework" shall mean to perform normal and regular work functions
 13 on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the state agency's
 14 principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or
 15 substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such state agen-
 16 cy's principal location; and
 17 (b) "state agency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau,
 18 division, commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corpo-
 19 ration, council, office, or other governmental entity performing a
 20 governmental or proprietary function for the state.
 21 3. No agency shall establish a policy pursuant to this section for any
 22 employee that is subject to a collective bargaining agreement unless
 23 such policy has been mutually agreed to between the agency and the
 24 employee organization that is certified or recognized to represent such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02899-01-5

 S. 5211 2

 1 employees, within the meaning of article fourteen of this chapter,
 2 pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.
 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 4 have become a law.

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