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A04264 Summary:

A04264 Actions:

A04264 Committee Votes:

Committee:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   Chair:Bronson      
DATE:03/15/2023AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Bronson
Aye
Friend
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Stirpe
Aye
Brown
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Beephan
Aye
Jones
Aye
Maher
Aye
Stern
Aye
Novakhov
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye
Pirozzolo
Aye
Darling
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Burke
Aye
Lunsford
Aye
Sillitti
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Cunningham
Aye
Simone
Aye
Zaccaro
Aye

A04264 Floor Votes:

A04264 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A4264
 
SPONSOR: Paulin

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be
posted in lactation rooms at truck stops
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
To require truck stops to provide information concerning services for
human trafficking victims in lactation rooms.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section amends section 390d of the general business law, to require that
truck stop operators make cards or signs available in any lactation
rooms containing information on services for trafficking victims.
 
Section 2 provides the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Human trafficking is a global phenomenon that generates $150 billion in
annual profits. In 2021, an estimated 25 million people were trafficked.
The anonymity and isolation and the opportunity for a concentration of
clients in one place make truck stops ideal locations for traffickers to
exploit their victims. Many victims are heavily supervised and
controlled, preventing them from safely seeking help or finding
resources without fear of retaliation. As known trafficking hubs, they
are the best place to provide information about victim services.
 
Chapter 391. of 2022 required trucks stops to visibly post human traf-
ficking informational signs or cards in its public restrooms.  This
legislation would require the signs or cards to also be posted in any
lactation rooms.
 
Through this legislation, truck stops can assume a more prominent role
in helping to prevent human trafficking. It will also afford victims the
tools and resources to hopefully escape their captors.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
A.10715 of 2022, referred to economic development.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
section one of chapter 391 of the laws of 2022 takes effect.

A04264 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4264
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 14, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Economic Development
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
          information concerning services for human trafficking  victims  to  be
          posted in lactation rooms at truck stops

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 390-d of the general  busi-
     2  ness  law,  as  added by chapter 391 of the laws of 2022, are amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    1. The operator of any truck stop shall make available in  plain  view
     5  and  in a conspicuous place and manner in all sanitary facilities avail-
     6  able for public use and in  any  lactation  rooms,  informational  cards
     7  and/or signs developed by:
     8    [(i)] (a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consul-
     9  tation with the New York state interagency task force on human traffick-
    10  ing; or
    11    [(ii)] (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
    12    3.  For  purposes  of this section, ["truck] the following terms shall
    13  have the following meanings:
    14    (a) "Truck stop" shall mean  a  facility  that  has  the  capacity  to
    15  provide  fuel  or  service,  or both, to any commercial motor vehicle as
    16  defined by subdivision four of section five hundred one-a of the vehicle
    17  and traffic law operating in commerce which is  located  within  twenty-
    18  five  hundred  feet of a controlled-access highway as defined by section
    19  one hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law  which  has  been  func-
    20  tionally  classified  by  the  department of transportation as principal
    21  arterial - interstate or principal arterial -  other  freeway/expressway
    22  on official functional classification maps approved by the federal high-
    23  way  administration  pursuant to part 470.105 of title 23 of the code of
    24  federal regulations, as amended from time to time.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04544-01-3
        A. 4264                             2
 
     1    (b) "Lactation room" shall mean a hygienic place, other than  a  rest-
     2  room,  that  is: (i) is shielded from view; (ii) is free from intrusion;
     3  (iii) contains a chair, a working  surface,  and,  if  the  building  is
     4  otherwise    supplied  with  electricity, an electrical outlet; and (iv)
     5  intended to be used for the primary purpose of breastfeeding or express-
     6  ing breast milk.
     7    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     8  have become a law.

A04264 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

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