A00501 Summary:
| BILL NO | A00501 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S03255 |
| SPONSOR | Rozic |
| COSPNSR | Jean-Pierre |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §297, Exec L | |
| Extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices to three years. | |
A00501 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory prac- tices to three years PURPOSE: This bill would extend the administrative statute of limitations for any unlawful discrimination practice from one year to three years. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends Section 297 ("Procedure") of Article 15 of the Executive Law ("Human Rights Law") to extend the statute of limita- tions for filing complaints about any alleged unlawful discriminatory practices to the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) from one year to three years, consistent with the current statute of limitations for administration complaints to DHR alleging sexual harassment in employment. JUSTIFICATION: The time frame within which victims of unlawful discriminatory practices must file administrative complaints with the Division of Human Rights to trigger an investigation is insufficiently short as compared to the amount of time it may take for a victim to come to teens with their harassment. Recognizing this, the Legislature in 2019 increased the statute of limitations from one to three years for unlawful discrimina- tory practices that constituted sexual harassment in employment. This bill would raise the statute of limitations for all administrative unlawful discriminatory practice complaints to three years, consistent with the current law for unlawful discriminatory practices that consti- tute sexual harassment in employment. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2022: A8053 (Rozic) - Codes 2021: A8053 (Rozic) - Codes 2020: S2378 (Hoylman) - Died in Investigations and Government Operations 2019: S2378 (Hoylman) - Died in Investigations and Government Operations 2018: A10776 (Rozic) - Died in Governmental Operations FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Undetermined. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.