New York A 1678: Requires retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

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A01678 Summary:

BILL NOA01678 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00740

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRColton, Zinerman

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §27-e, Lab L; amd §3, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.8358-C & A.8947-C)

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Updates requirements for retail worker employers when developing and implementing programs to prevent workplace violence; clarifies certain provisions of the retail worker safety act.

Go to top A01678 Actions:

BILL NOA01678 

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01/10/2025referred to labor

01/28/2025reported referred to codes

01/28/2025reported referred to rules

01/28/2025reported 

01/28/2025rules report cal.80

01/28/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.80

02/04/2025substituted by s740

&nbspS00740 AMEND= RAMOS

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.15

&nbsp02/03/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/03/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/03/2025referred to codes

&nbsp02/04/2025substituted for a1678

&nbsp02/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.80

&nbsp02/04/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/04/2025returned to senate

&nbsp02/12/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/14/2025SIGNED CHAP.72

Go to topA01678 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:23/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecNay

BenedettoAyeDiPietroNay

HevesiAyeMorinelloNay

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioNay

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberNay

RamosAyeSempolinskiAye

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAbsent

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:14/6 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

LavineExcusedMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalExcused

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Heastie 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable HeastieAyeBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA01678 Floor&nbspVotes:

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Go to topA01678 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1678

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring retail worker
 employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace
 violence; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
 labor law relating to requiring retail worker employers to develop and
 implement programs to prevent workplace violence, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 8358-C and A. 8947-C, in relation to the
 effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 27-e of the labor law, as added by a chapter of the
 2 laws of 2024 amending the labor law relating to requiring retail worker
 3 employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace
 4 violence, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8358-C and A.
 5 8947-C, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 27-e. Prevention of retail workplace violence. 1. Definitions. For
 7 the purposes of this section:
 8 a. "Employer" means any person, entity, business, corporation, part-
 9 nership, limited liability company, or an association employing at least
 10 ten retail employees. The term shall not include the state, any poli-
 11 tical subdivision of the state, a public authority, or any other govern-
 12 mental agency or instrumentality.
 13 b. "Retail employee" means an employee working at a retail store for
 14 an employer.
 15 c. "Workplace" means any location away from an employee's domicile,
 16 permanent or temporary, where an employee performs any w