New York S 1220: Relates to creating a tax credit for instructors of a hunting safety course

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S01220 Summary:

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBAILEY

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Amd §§750 & 752, Cor L; amd §296, Exec L

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Establishes it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any prospective employer to make an inquiry about, or to act upon adversely to the individual involved based upon, any criminal conviction of such individual unless such employer first makes a conditional offer of employment to such individual.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1220

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the executive law, in relation to
 establishing that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for
 prospective employers to make certain inquiries relating to criminal
 convictions

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 750 of the correction law, as
 2 amended by chapter 284 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (3) "Direct relationship" means that there is an immediate and
 5 substantial connection between the nature of [criminal conduct] the
 6 crime for which the person was convicted [has a direct bearing on his
 7 fitness or ability to perform one or more of] and the duties or respon-
 8 sibilities necessarily related to the license, opportunity, or job in
 9 question and such connection would create an unreasonable risk to prop-
 10 erty or to the safety or welfare of specific individuals or the general
 11 public upon the issuance or continuation of a license or the granting or
 12 continuation of employment of such person.
 13 § 2. Section 752 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 284 of
 14 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 752. Unfair discrimination against persons previously convicted of
 16 one or more criminal offenses prohibited. 1. No application for any
 17 license or employment, and no employment or license held by an individ-
 18 ual, to which the provisions of this article are applicable, shall be
 19 denied or acted upon adversely by reason of the individual's having been
 20 previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses, or by reason of a
 21 finding of lack of "good moral character" when such finding is based

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03226-01-5

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 1 upon the fact that the individual has previously been convicted of one
 2 or more criminal offenses, unless[:
 3 (1)] there is a direct relationship, as defined in subdivision three
 4 of section seven hundred fifty of this article, between one or more of
 5 the previous criminal offenses and the specific license or employment
 6 sought or held by the individual[; or
 7 (2) the issuance or continuation of the license or the granting or
 8 continuation of the employment would involve an unreasonable risk to
 9 property or to the safety or welfare of specific individuals or the
 10 general public].
 11 2. No public or private employer to which the provisions of this
 12 article are applicable, unless specifically required or permitted by
 13 statute, shall make any inquiry about, whether in any form of applica-
 14 tion or otherwise, or act upon adversely to the individual involved
 15 based upon, any criminal conviction of such individual unless such
 16 employer first makes a conditional offer of employment to such individ-
 17 ual. Such conditional offer of employment may only subsequently be with-
 18 drawn on the basis of a criminal conviction in accordance with this
 19 article where such conviction bears a direct relationship to the specif-
 20 ic position being offered.
 21 § 3