 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1295
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMON, EPSTEIN, GALLAGHER, BARRETT, SEAWRIGHT,
          JACKSON,  DeSTEFANO,  DURSO,  SANTABARBARA,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  McMAHON,
          DAVILA, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to bystander intervention
          training

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 201-g of the labor
     2  law, as added by section 1 of subpart E of part KK of chapter 57 of  the
     3  laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a.  Such  model sexual harassment prevention training program shall be
     5  interactive  and  include:  (i)  an  explanation  of  sexual  harassment
     6  consistent  with  guidance issued by the department in consultation with
     7  the division of human  rights;  (ii)  examples  of  conduct  that  would
     8  constitute  unlawful sexual harassment; (iii) information concerning the
     9  federal and state statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment  and
    10  remedies  available to victims of sexual harassment; [and] (iv) informa-
    11  tion concerning employees' rights of redress and  all  available  forums
    12  for  adjudicating  complaints;  and  (v) bystander intervention training
    13  that includes information  and  practical  guidance  on  how  to  enable
    14  bystanders  to  recognize potentially problematic behaviors and to moti-
    15  vate such bystanders to take appropriate action when observing  problem-
    16  atic behaviors; provided, however, bystander intervention training shall
    17  create  no  duty to intervene or impose any liability for the failure to
    18  intervene.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    21  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    22  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    23  completed on or before such effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02734-01-5
Relates to bystander intervention training

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