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NY A01184
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nily Rozic
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AI Summary
- Prohibits sexual harassment of models by hiring parties, including unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or creating a hostile work environment
- Bans harassment of models based on age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status, or domestic violence victim status
- Requires modeling entities and clients to post notices about anti-discrimination provisions and implement complaint procedures, with registration of complaints serving as evidence of knowledge of alleged harassment
- Mandates modeling entities provide adult models with educational materials on nutrition and eating disorders within 90 days of representation, in the model's understood language, and maintain records for 3 years
- Holds modeling entities and clients jointly and severally liable for sexual harassment claims, treating modeling entities as employers and models as employees for harassment law purposes
Legislative Description
Relates to establishing unlawful discriminatory practices relating to models; requires models to be informed of what constitutes an unlawful discriminatory practice and how to file a complaint; requires modeling entities to provide adult models with educational materials regarding nutrition and eating disorders.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Governmental Operations1/9/2025
Full Bill Text
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