New York A 7275: Enacts the integrity in government act

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A07275 Summary:

BILL NOA07275 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Davila, Lucas, Septimo, Forrest

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§167-a & 167-b, Lab L

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Establishes light duty during pregnancy and parental leave for railroad employees.

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BILL NOA07275 

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03/21/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7275

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEVENBERG, DAVILA, LUCAS,
 SEPTIMO, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
 portation

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing light duty
 during pregnancy and parental leave for railroad employees

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 2 declares that pregnant employees and new parents in the railroad indus-
 3 try face unique challenges that necessitate specific protections and
 4 accommodations. The intent of this legislation is to ensure that preg-
 5 nant employees are provided with suitable light duty assignments to
 6 safeguard their health and well-being, and to establish paid parental
 7 leave benefits to support employees bonding with their newborn or newly
 8 adopted children. These measures aim to promote a safe and inclusive
 9 work environment while balancing the operational needs of employers.
 10 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding two new sections 167-a and
 11 167-b to read as follows:
 12 § 167-a. Light duty for pregnant railroad employees. 1. Should any
 13 employee engaged in the service of any railroad, including any commuter
 14 rail service, as defined by section ninety-seven-a of the railroad law,
 15 owned or operated by a state authority or its subsidiary, as defined by
 16 section two of the public authorities law, who is pregnant be prevented
 17 by such pregnancy from performing the activities involved in the employ-
 18 ee's regular assigned duties due, but is able, as determined by the
 19 employee's medical provider, to perform specified types of light duty,
 20 the employer shall make available such light duty to the employee,
 21 provided, however, that such light duty shall enable the employee to
 22 continue to be entitled to the employee's concurrent assignment earn-
 23 ings, including increases thereof and fringe benefits, to which the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11046-01-5

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 1 employee would have been entitled if the employee were able to perform
 2 the employee's regular assigned duties.
 3 2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights,
 4 privileges, or remedies of any employee under any collective bargaining
 5 agreement or employment contract.
 6 § 167-b. Parental leave for railroad employees. 1. For purposes of
 7 this section, "parental leave" shall mean any leave taken by an employ-
 8 ee of any railroad, including any commuter rail service, as defined by
 9 section ninety-seven-a of the railroad law, owned or operated by a state
 10 authority or its subsidiary, as defined by section two of the public
 11 authorities law, from work to bond with the employee's child during the
 12 first twelve months after the child's birth, or the first twelve months
 13 after the placement of the child for adoption or foster care with the
 14 employee.
 15 2. Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-six, railroad employ-
 16 ees in employment for twenty-six or more consecutive weeks shall be
 17 eligible for parental leave benefits. Every such employee shall continue
 18 to be eligible for parental leave benefits until the termination of
 19 employment with the employer. An employee regularly in the employment of
 20 an employer as described in subdivision one of this section on a work
 21 schedule less than the employer's normal work week shall become el