New York A 3482: Establishes a credit against income tax for service dogs

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A03482 Summary:

BILL NOA03482 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01893

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn, Rosenthal, Seawright, DeStefano, Simon, Gonzalez-Rojas, Shrestha, Epstein,
 Glick, Tapia, Sayegh, Kelles, Simone, Weprin, Hevesi, Levenberg, Giglio, Burdick, Jackson, Septimo,
 McDonough, Clark, Gallagher, Cunningham, Lunsford, Forrest, Davila, Brabenec, Durso, Steck, Reyes,
 Kim, Novakhov, Carroll R, Otis, Stirpe, Raga, Dinowitz, Colton, Taylor, Griffin, Woerner, Ramos,
 Kassay, Alvarez, Shimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 20-D §§760 - 769, Lab L

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Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.

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BILL NOA03482 

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01/28/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3482

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT,
 DeSTEFANO, SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SHRESTHA, EPSTEIN, GLICK, TAPIA,
 SAYEGH, KELLES, SIMONE, WEPRIN, HEVESI, LEVENBERG, GIGLIO, BURDICK,
 JACKSON, SEPTIMO, McDONOUGH, CLARK, GALLAGHER, CUNNINGHAM, LUNSFORD,
 FORREST, DAVILA, BRABENEC, DURSO, STECK, REYES, KIM, NOVAKHOV,
 R. CARROLL, OTIS, STIRPE, RAGA, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the New York
 workplace bullying prevention act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York workplace bullying prevention act".
 3 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 20-D to read as
 4 follows:
 5 ARTICLE 20-D
 6 WORKPLACE BULLYING PREVENTION
 7 Section 760. Legislative findings and intent.
 8 761. Definitions.
 9 762. Abusive work environment.
 10 763. Employer liability.
 11 764. Employee liability.
 12 765. Affirmative defenses.
 13 766. Burden of proof.
 14 767. Remedies.
 15 768. Enforcement.
 16 769. Effect on collective bargaining agreements.
 17 769-a. Effect of other laws.
 18 § 760. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The legislature hereby
 19 finds that:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01166-02-5

 A. 3482 2

 1 (a) the social and economic well-being of the state is dependent upon
 2 healthy and productive employees;
 3 (b) approximately one-third of all employees directly experience work-
 4 place bullying, abusive mistreatment or harassment during their working
 5 lives;
 6 (c) workplace bullying, mobbing and non-discriminatory harassment can
 7 inflict serious health harms upon targeted employees, including insomnia
 8 and chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety and depression disorders,
 9 migraines, suicidal ideation, impaired immune systems, hypertension and
 10 cardiovascular disease, complex post-traumatic stress syndrome, and
 11 deterioration of familial relationships;
 12 (d) coworkers who witness abusive mistreatment of other employees can
 13 be negatively impacted in similar ways;
 14 (e) abusive work environments can have serious and costly consequences
 15 for employers, including reduced employee productivity and morale, high
 16 absenteeism rates, increased medical and workers' expenses, and
 17 increased employee turnover with concomitant replacement and training
 18 costs;
 19 (f) existing harassment laws are only applicable if the abusive
 20 mistreatment in the workplace is motivated by discriminatory animus
 21 towards the target's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual
 22 orientation, age, disability, or military status;
 23 (g) legal protection from abusive mistreatment in the workplace should
 24 not be limited to behaviors predicated on protected class status; and
 25 (h) existing workers' compensation plans, occupational safety and
 26 health laws, and common law tort actions do not adequately preven