New York S 7304: Requires state employees and certain public officials attend annual implicit bias training

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S07304 Summary:

BILL NOS07304A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06142-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-f, Lab L; amd §80, Leg L

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Requires state employees and the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, and members of the legislature attend annual implicit bias training provided by the legislative ethics commission.

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BILL NOS07304A

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04/09/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

05/05/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

05/05/2025PRINT NUMBER 7304A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7304--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law and the legislative law, in relation to
 requiring state employees and certain public officials attend annual
 implicit bias training

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 27-f to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 27-f. Annual implicit bias training. 1. Definitions. For the
 4 purposes of this section:
 5 a. "Employer" means: (1) the state; (2) a political subdivision of the
 6 state; (3) a public authority, a public benefit corporation, or any
 7 other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof; (4) an authorized
 8 agency as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of section three
 9 hundred seventy-one of the social services law that accepts children
 10 adjudicated delinquent under article three of the family court act; and
 11 (5) members of the legislature.
 12 b. "Employee" means a public employee or elected official working for
 13 an employer.
 14 c. "Implicit bias training" means a training program designed to help
 15 individuals become aware of their implicit biases and equip them with
 16 tools and strategies to act objectively, limiting the influence of their
 17 implicit biases.
 18 2. Employee information and training. Every employer, in cooperation
 19 with the legislative ethics commission, shall provide annual implicit
 20 bias training to its employees. Such training shall be in accordance
 21 with the annual implicit bias training program which is conducted by the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05360-04-5

 S. 7304--A 2

 1 legislative ethics commission under paragraph m of subdivision seven of
 2 section eighty of the legislative law.
 3 § 2. Paragraphs i, k and l of subdivision 7 of section 80 of the
 4 legislative law, paragraph i as amended by chapter 841 of the laws of
 5 2022 and paragraphs k and l as amended by section 4 of part QQ of chap-
 6 ter 56 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph m is added
 7 to read as follows:
 8 i. Upon written request from any person who is subject to the juris-
 9 diction of the commission and the requirements of sections seventy-
 10 three, seventy-three-a and seventy-four of the public officers law, and
 11 section five-b of this chapter render formal advisory opinions on the
 12 requirements of said provisions. A formal written opinion rendered by
 13 the commission, until and unless amended or revoked, shall be binding on
 14 the legislative ethics commission in any subsequent proceeding concern-
 15 ing the person who requested the opinion and who acted in good faith,
 16 unless material facts were omitted or misstated by the person in the
 17 request for an opinion. Such opinion may also be relied upon by such
 18 person, and may be introduced and shall be a defense in any criminal or
 19 civil action. The commission on ethics and lobbying in government shall
 20 not investigate an individual for potential violations of law based upon
 21 conduct approved and covered in its entirety by such an opinion, except
 22 that such opinion shall not preven