New York S 936: Establishes a task force on veteran employment opportunities

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S00936 Summary:

BILL NOS00936A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSRFAHY, WEBB

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Directs state agencies to submit reports detailing their telework policies; permits input from employees anonymously; directs the department of civil service to compile reports and submit a single report to the legislature.

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BILL NOS00936A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/10/20251ST REPORT CAL.298

02/11/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/12/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/26/2025PASSED SENATE

02/26/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/26/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/18/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/18/2026PRINT NUMBER 936A

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.430

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/19/2026PASSED SENATE

03/19/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/19/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 936--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GONZALEZ, FAHY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet
 and Technology -- recommitted to the Committee on Internet and Tech-
 nology in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT directing a state agency telework report

 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 "state agency telework report act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature takes notice of the growing
 4 practice of the use of telework as a future form of work away from the
 5 principal place of employment. Telecommuting is being used more and more
 6 by businesses as a way to save money for employers by reducing contrib-
 7 utions to workers' compensation premiums, allowing more freedom for a
 8 balance between work and family life for employees, reducing air
 9 pollution and traffic congestion, reducing absenteeism, and accommodat-
 10 ing those who are disabled.
 11 Teleworking warrants further research to enable the state to move a
 12 step closer to using it as a way to save taxpayer's money, while also
 13 benefiting the state and its employees.
 14 § 3. Definitions. As used in this act, the following terms shall have
 15 the following meanings:
 16 (a) "State agency" means any state department, board, bureau, divi-
 17 sion, commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corpo-
 18 ration, council, office, or other governmental entity performing a
 19 governmental or proprietary function for the state.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01043-02-6

 S. 936--A 2

 1 (b) "Telework" means to perform normal and regular work functions on a
 2 workday that ordinarily would be performed at the state agency's offi-
 3 cial principal location or locations, at a different location.
 4 § 4. State agency telework report. (a) Each state agency shall submit
 5 a report to the department of civil service by July 1, 2027 which shall
 6 contain the following:
 7 (i) Number of employees that teleworked in 2026;
 8 (ii) Job titles that teleworked in 2026;
 9 (iii) Number of days teleworked by anonymized employee in 2026;
 10 (iv) Number of days teleworked by job title in 2026;
 11 (v) Any benefits of telework remarked by the agency;
 12 (vi) Any disadvantages of telework remarked by the agency; and
 13 (vii) A copy of the agency's official telework policy, if any, includ-
 14 ing how employees and job titles are chosen for telework.
 15 In addition, each state agency shall allow employees to anonymously
 16 submit their opinions of the agency's telecommuting policy, or lack
 17 thereof, which the agencies shall include in the telework state agency
 18 report due to t