New York S 7658: Establishes a pilot program for high-occupancy vehicle compliance monitoring technology

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S07658 Summary:

BILL NOS07658 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08223

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRJACKSON, RIVERA, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §27-b, Lab L

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Expands the scope of duties for public employers to prevent workplace violence including additional training, the creation of incident logs, expanding inspections and providing the commissioner the ability to enforce such provisions to prevent workplace violence.

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BILL NOS07658 

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04/25/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7658

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
 develop and implement effective programs to prevent workplace violence

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

 1 Section 1. Section 27-b of the labor law, as added by chapter 82 of
 2 the laws of 2006, and paragraph a of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter
 3 351 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 27-b. Duty of public employers to develop and implement programs to
 5 prevent workplace violence. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is
 6 to ensure that the risk of workplace assaults and homicides is evaluated
 7 by affected public employers and their employees and that such employers
 8 design and implement workplace violence protection programs to prevent
 9 and minimize the hazard of workplace violence to public employees.
 10 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
 11 a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
 12 state; (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation, or any
 13 other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof; and (4) an author-
 14 ized agency as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of section
 15 three hundred seventy-one of the social services law that accepts chil-
 16 dren adjudicated delinquent under article three of the family court act.
 17 b. "Employee" means a public employee working for an employer.
 18 c. "Workplace" means any location away from an employee's domicile,
 19 permanent or temporary, where an employee performs any work-related duty
 20 in the course of [his or her] such employee's employment by an employer.
 21 d. "Supervisor" means any person within an employer's organization who
 22 has the authority to direct and control the work performance of an
 23 employee, or who has the authority to take corrective action regarding
 24 the violation of a law, rule or regulation to which an employee submits
 25 written notice.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11730-01-5

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 1 e. "Retaliatory action" means the discharge, suspension, demotion,
 2 penalization, or discrimination against any employee, or other adverse
 3 employment action taken against an employee in the terms and conditions
 4 of employment.
 5 3. Risk evaluation and determination. Every employer shall evaluate
 6 its workplace or workplaces to determine the presence of factors or
 7 situations in such workplace or workplaces that might place employees at
 8 risk of occupational assaults and homicides. Examples of such factors
 9 shall include, but not limited to:
 10 a. working in public settings (e.g., social services or other govern-
 11 mental workers, police officers, firefighters, teachers, public trans-
 12 portation drivers, health care workers, and service workers);
 13 b. working late night or early morning hours;
 14 c. exchanging money with the public;
 15 d. working alone or in small numbers;
 16 e. uncontrolled access to the workplace; [and]
 17 f. areas of previous security problems;
 18 g. guarding or maintaining property or possessions (e.g., maintenance
 19 operations, security personnel);
 20 h. abusive conduct or bullyin