New York S 5559: Provides for a two percent cap on rate increases imposed by utilities

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S05559 Summary:

BILL NOS05559 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02533

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRWEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§519 & 750, Judy L; amd §215, Lab L

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Creates, in addition to the existing sanction of criminal contempt of court, the remedies of labor law civil penalties and employee's right to bring civil action for unlawful discharge, penalty or discrimination on account of the exercise by an employee of a juror's right to be absent from employment by reason of jury service.

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BILL NOS05559 

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02/25/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.543

03/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/13/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/20/2025PASSED SENATE

03/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/20/2025referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5559

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law and the labor law, in relation to
 creating additional remedies for unlawful discharge, penalty or
 discrimination on account of the exercise of a juror's right to be
 absent from employment for jury duty

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

 1 Section 1. Section 519 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 85 of
 2 the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 519. Right of juror to be absent from employment. Any person who is
 4 summoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and
 5 who notifies [his or her] their employer to that effect prior to the
 6 commencement of a term of service shall not, on account of absence from
 7 employment by reason of such jury service, be subject to discharge [or],
 8 penalty, or discrimination in any other manner. An employer may, howev-
 9 er, withhold wages of any such employee serving as a juror during the
 10 period of such service; provided that an employer who employs more than
 11 ten employees shall not withhold the first forty dollars of such juror's
 12 daily wages during the first three days of jury service. Withholding of
 13 wages in accordance with this section shall not be deemed a penalty or
 14 discrimination in any other manner. Violation of this section shall
 15 constitute a criminal contempt of court punishable pursuant to section
 16 seven hundred fifty of this chapter and shall also constitute a
 17 violation of section two hundred fifteen of the labor law and be subject
 18 to the civil penalties and civil action provided for thereunder.
 19 § 2. Paragraph 7 of subdivision A of section 750 of the judiciary law,
 20 as amended by chapter 823 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
 21 follows:
 22 7. Wilful failure to obey any mandate, process, or notice issued
 23 pursuant to [articles] article sixteen[, seventeen, eighteen, eighteen-a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04442-01-5

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 1 or eighteen-b] of [the judiciary law] this chapter, or to rules adopted
 2 pursuant thereto, or to any other statute relating thereto, or refusal
 3 to be sworn as provided therein, or subjection of an employee to
 4 discharge [or], penalty, or discrimination in any other manner on
 5 account of [his] their absence from employment by reason of jury or
 6 subpoenaed witness service in violation of this chapter or section
 7 215.11 of the penal law. Applications to punish the accused for a
 8 contempt specified in this subdivision may be made by notice of motion
 9 or by order to show cause, and shall be made returnable at the term of
 10 the supreme court at which contested motions are heard, or of the county
 11 court if the supreme court is not in session.
 12 § 3. Section 215 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 564 of the
 13 laws of 2010, paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 604
 14 of the laws of 2022,