New York S 4644: Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders

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S04644 Summary:

BILL NOS04644 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§591 & 593, Lab L

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Allows employees that refuse a coronavirus vaccine to be eligible for unemployment insurance.

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4644

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 allowing employees that
 refuse a coronavirus vaccine to be eligible for unemployment insurance

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 591 of the labor law, as amended
 2 by section 4 of chapter 305 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Unemployment. Benefits, except as provided in section five hundred
 5 ninety-one-a of this title, shall be paid only to a claimant who is
 6 totally unemployed or partially unemployed, including unemployment due
 7 to such employee's choice not to receive a coronavirus vaccine. A
 8 claimant who is receiving benefits under this article shall not be
 9 denied such benefits pursuant to this subdivision or to subdivision two
 10 of this section because of such claimant's service on a grand or petit
 11 jury of any state or of the United States.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 591 of the labor law, as amended by
 13 section 5 of chapter 305 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 1. Unemployment. Benefits shall be paid only to a claimant who is
 16 totally unemployed or partially unemployed, including unemployment due
 17 to such employee's choice not to receive a coronavirus vaccine. A
 18 claimant who is receiving benefits under this article shall not be
 19 denied such benefits pursuant to this subdivision or to subdivision two
 20 of this section because of such claimant's service on a grand or petit
 21 jury of any state or of the United States.
 22 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 593 of the labor law,
 23 as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 24 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08960-01-5

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 1 (a) No weeks of total unemployment or partial unemployment shall be
 2 deemed to occur after a claimant's voluntary separation without good
 3 cause from employment until he or she such claimant has subsequently
 4 worked in employment and earned remuneration at least equal to ten times
 5 [his or her] such claimant's weekly benefit rate. In addition to other
 6 circumstances that may be found to constitute good cause, including a
 7 compelling family reason as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivi-
 8 sion, or choosing not to receive a coronavirus vaccine as set forth in
 9 paragraph (d) of this subdivision, voluntary separation from employment
 10 shall not in itself disqualify a claimant if circumstances have devel-
 11 oped in the course of such employment that would have justified the
 12 claimant in refusing such employment in the first instance under the
 13 terms of subdivision two of this section or if the claimant, pursuant to
 14 an option provided under a collective bargaining agreement or written
 15 employer plan which permits waiver of [his or her] such claimant's right
 16 to retain the employment when there is a temporary layoff because of
 17 lack of work, has elected to be separated for a temporary period and the
 18 employer has consented thereto.
 19 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 593 of the labor law is amended by
 20 adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
 21 (d) A claimant shall not be disqualified from receiving benefits for
 22 separation from employment due to choosing not to receive a coronavirus
 23 vaccine, which shall include, but not be limited to, choosing not to