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A00244 Summary:

BILL NOA00244
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORDilan
 
COSPNSRTaylor, Colton, Sayegh, Schiavoni, O'Pharrow, Romero, Seawright, Levenberg, Reyes, Cunningham
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §196-b, Lab L
 
Requires every employer to provide each employee with the equivalent number of hours as three full work days for such employee of paid sick leave for a miscarriage or stillbirth of an infant born to the employee.
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A00244 Actions:

BILL NOA00244
 
01/08/2025referred to labor
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A00244 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A244
 
SPONSOR: Dilan
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to employees following a miscarriage or still- birth   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: TO PROVIDE SICK LEAVE TO EMPLOYEES FOLLOWING A MISCARRIAGE OR STILL-BIRTH.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 would amend section 196-b of the labor law by adding a new subdivision 1-a that would require every employer to provide the equiv- alent number of hours as three full work-days of paid sick leave to any employee who suffers a miscarriage or stillbirth of an infant born to the employee. Section 2 sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: If we have paid family leave for parents to bond with their newly born child, then we should also be providing paid leave specific to those mothers who have experienced the trauma of stillbirth and miscarriage as such pregnancy loss is much too monumental an event both physically and emotionally to deny them this right. It has been reported that up to one in four pregnancies result in the loss of the baby and at such a rate it is safe to suggest that such loss is too common an experience to not be providing paid time to recover from such an emotionally and physically traumatic experience.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This bill was first introduced on April 13, 2021 and has not been reported out of the Assembly Labor Committee since.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be determined   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A00244 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           244
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  requiring  employers  to
          provide paid sick leave to employees following a miscarriage or still-
          birth

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 196-b of the labor law is amended by adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a.  In  addition  to  any  other requirements of this section, every
     4  employer shall be required to provide each employee with the  equivalent
     5  number  of  hours as three full work days for such employee of paid sick
     6  leave for a miscarriage or stillbirth of an infant born to the employee.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01343-01-5
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