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A6834Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS5955

Hotel Staff Trafficking Training

Official title

“Relates to human trafficking awareness and training”

Sponsor Amy PaulinAD-88+25 co-sponsorsAffects Economy
Status
In Senate Committee
Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

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In Senate · Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business

What's happening

This bill requires hotels and similar lodging facilities in New York to provide human trafficking awareness and recognition training to certain employees.

Why it matters

  1. Frontline hotel staff would become trained to recognize signs of human trafficking. , increasing the likelihood of identifying and assisting victims in real-world lodging environments where trafficking often occurs.

  2. The required training covers practical and legal aspects. , including how to spot victims, understand legal definitions, and provide information about available social and legal services—equipping employees with actionable knowledge, not just theory.

  3. Lodging facilities must keep records showing compliance for each employee. , which creates accountability and a paper trail for enforcement, while also ensuring ongoing awareness as staff turnover occurs.

  4. The mandate ensures that both new and current employees receive timely training (within one month for new hires, four months for current staff). , closing gaps in awareness and making sure staff are equipped to act quickly as situations arise.

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Hotel Staff Trafficking Training

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Primary sponsor
Amy Paulin

Assembly Member · Assembly District 88

Chair, Health

History

  1. Referred to commerce, economic development and small business
  2. Delivered to senate
  3. Passed assembly
  4. Ordered to third reading rules cal.28
  5. Rules report cal.28
  6. Reported
  7. Reported referred to rules
  8. Print number 6834b
  9. Amend (t) and recommit to codes
  10. Reported referred to codes
  11. Print number 6834a
  12. Amend and recommit to economic development
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  1. Referred to economic development
  2. Referred to economic development

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S5955Senate

Train Hotel Staff on Trafficking

In Senate Committee · Consumer Protection · Sponsor Jesse Hamilton

Impact 6 · Moderate0% to pass

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STATE OF NEW YORK

6834--B

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

March 21, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, TITONE, HUNTER, RICHARDSON, DE LA ROSA, CRESPO, SIMON, JAFFEE, GALEF, D'URSO, BLAKE, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, ABBATE, ORTIZ, RIVERA, CROUCH, GIGLIO, McDONOUGH, SEPULVEDA, QUART, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HOOPER,… Show all

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, TITONE, HUNTER, RICHARDSON, DE LA ROSA, CRESPO, SIMON, JAFFEE, GALEF, D'URSO, BLAKE, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, ABBATE, ORTIZ, RIVERA, CROUCH, GIGLIO, McDONOUGH, SEPULVEDA, QUART, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HOOPER, JEAN-PIERRE, MORINELLO, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to human trafficking awareness and training for certain lodging facility employees

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

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 205 to read as follows:

§ 205. Human trafficking awareness and training. 1. Human trafficking recognition training program. a. For purposes of this section, "lodging facility" shall mean any inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests. Such term shall not include an establishment treated as a dwelling unit for the purposes of any state or local law or regulation or an establishment located within a building that has five or less rooms for rent or hire and that is actually occupied as a residence by the proprietor of such establishment.

b. Every lodging facility shall require all employees who are likely to interact or come into contact with guests to undergo a human trafficking recognition training program to provide training in the recognition of a human trafficking victim as defined in section four hundred eighty-three-aa of the social services law. Such training program shall

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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be established or approved by the division of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking. The training program may be developed by a federal, state, or non-profit organization, and may be incorporated as part of the lodging facility's existing training programs or may be provided by organizations or providers identified by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services or the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance, provided that the training includes all of the requirements of this section. Established or approved training programs may be made available through methods including, but not limited to, in-person instruction, electronic and video communication, or online programs.

c. Any human trafficking recognition training program established or approved by the division of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking as required in this section shall address no less than the following issues:

(i) the nature of human trafficking;

(ii) how human trafficking is defined in law;

(iii) how to identify victims of human trafficking;

(iv) relief and recovery options for survivors; and

(v) social and legal services available to victims.

d. The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance shall make available a list of established or approved human trafficking recognition programs for use by a lodging facility.

e. All new employees required to receive human trafficking recognition training shall receive such training within their first month of employment.

f. The training shall take place on the premises of the lodging facility and shall be considered compensable time.

2. Record keeping requirements of human trafficking recognition training. Every keeper of each lodging facility shall maintain records indicating that each employee required to undergo an established or approved human trafficking recognition training program pursuant to this section has completed such training. Such records shall be kept on file by the lodging facility for the period during which the employee is employed by the lodging facility and for one year after such employment ends.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law; provided however, paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 205 of the general business law, as added by section one of this act shall take effect immediately; provided further that all applicable current employees of a lodging facility on the effective date of this act shall receive human trafficking recognition training within four months of the effective date of this act.

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