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NY A01527
Bill
Status
1/11/2021
Primary Sponsor
Nick Perry
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AI Summary
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Prohibits denial of employment or licensure based solely on prior criminal conviction unless there is a direct relationship between the offense and the position or an unreasonable risk to safety exists.
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Requires public agencies and private employers to adopt policies allowing convicted individuals to submit explanations of facts surrounding their offense and conviction before making employment or licensure decisions.
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Voids automatic termination clauses in business contracts triggered by conviction; requires employers to consider rehabilitation, time elapsed since offense, age at time of offense, and seriousness of the crime.
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Restricts application of these protections to crimes excluding class B violent felonies and class A/A-II felonies, with limited exceptions for certain drug offenses.
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Takes effect 60 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Requires public agencies and private employers to adopt a policy that requires the public agency or private employer to provide a person who has been convicted of a crime an opportunity to submit an explanation of the facts surrounding the offense and conviction and any other information the person deems relevant to the issue prior to making a determination regarding the convicted person's employment or a determination to refuse to issue a license to such person; requires contracts not be terminated, canceled or not renewed due to a conviction without an opportunity to submit an explanation.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
4/5/2022