New York S 8389: Relates to the excise tax on certain drugs during a declared state of emergency

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S08389 Summary:

BILL NOS08389 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10267

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §852, Lab L

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Renames the New York state workforce investment board as the New York state workforce development board; revises the duties of the board.

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BILL NOS08389 

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06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1937

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1545

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10267

&nbspA10267 AMEND= Bronson

&nbsp02/19/2026referred to labor

&nbsp03/31/2026reported 

&nbsp04/02/2026advanced to third reading cal.342

&nbsp04/20/2026passed assembly

&nbsp04/20/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp04/20/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8389

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1545

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8389

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- (at request of the Department of Labor) --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the New York state work-
 force development board

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

 1 Section 1. Section 852 of the labor law, as added by chapter 624 of
 2 the laws of 1999, and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 355 of the
 3 laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 852. New York state workforce [investment] development board. 1.
 5 Creation and constitution. (a) The governor shall establish a board,
 6 within the department, to be known as the New York state workforce
 7 [investment] development board. The board shall be composed of forty-
 8 nine members, including the following permanent members or such members'
 9 designees: the governor; two members of the senate, appointed by the
 10 temporary president of the senate; two members of the assembly,
 11 appointed by the speaker of the assembly; the commissioners of labor,
 12 education, [of] children and family services, temporary and disability
 13 assistance and economic development; the [chair] director of [the urban
 14 development corporation] a New York state vocational rehabilitation
 15 program authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
 16 U.S.C. 720 et seq.); and the chancellor of the state university of New
 17 York.
 18 (b) The remaining thirty-seven members of the board shall be appointed
 19 by the governor as follows:
 20 (i) twenty-five representatives of business who:
 21 (A) are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers
 22 of businesses, [and] or other business executives or employers with
 23 optimum policymaking or hiring authority, [including] and who, in addi-
 24 tion, may be members of local workforce investment boards;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10480-01-5

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 1 (B) represent businesses [with], including small businesses, or organ-
 2 izations representing businesses described in this subclause that
 3 provide employment opportunities that [reflect the employment opportu-
 4 nities of], at a minimum, include high-quality, work-relevant training
 5 and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the
 6 state;
 7 (C) are appointed from among individuals nominated by state business
 8 organizations and business trade associations; and
 9 (D) include one representative from each of the state's five largest
 10 industry sectors as determined by the department;
 11 (ii) two chief elected officials (representing both cities and coun-
 12 ties, where appropriate);
 13 (iii) four representatives of labor organizations, who have been nomi-
 14 nated by the