New York S 681: Relates to fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees

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S00681 Summary:

BILL NOS00681 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §201-a, Lab L

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Prohibits fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS00681 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

03/03/20251ST REPORT CAL.435

03/04/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/26/2025PASSED SENATE

03/26/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/26/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

01/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.191

01/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/04/2026PASSED SENATE

02/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/05/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 681

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, COMRIE -- 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 prohibiting fingerprinting
 or mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees

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

 1 Section 1. Section 201-a of the labor law, as amended by chapter 460
 2 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 201-a. Fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of
 4 employees prohibited. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person, as
 5 a condition of securing employment or of continuing employment, shall be
 6 required to be fingerprinted or undergo mandatory iris and retina scan-
 7 ning. This provision shall not apply to employees of the state or any
 8 municipal subdivisions or departments thereof, or to the employees of
 9 legally incorporated hospitals, supported in whole or in part by public
 10 funds or private endowment, or to the employees of medical colleges
 11 affiliated with such hospitals or to employees of private proprietary
 12 hospitals.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02797-01-5

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