Text of NY A 6221 (2004)

Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie Assembly Members Legislative Info Public Hearings Speaker's Press Assembly Reports Committees & More Bill Search Home Laws Legislative Calendar Public Hearing Schedule Assembly Calendars Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: Summary Actions Floor Votes Memo Text A06221 Summary: BILL NOA06221 SAME ASNo same as SPONSORGlick (MS) COSPNSRStringer, Dinowitz, Sanders, DiNapoli, Hoyt, Lavelle, O'Donnell, Englebright MLTSPNSRArroyo, Bradley, Cohen M, Cymbrowitz, Farrell, Galef, Gottfried, Grannis, Hooper, Jacobs, John,Lopez, McEneny, McLaughlin, Millman, Nolan, Ortiz, Paulin, Pheffer, Sidikman, Weinstein Add S79-n, Civ Rts L Provides that employers who extend funeral or bereavement leave to an employee for the death of a spouse, child, parent or other relative shall not deny the same leave for the death of an employee's same-sex committed partner; defines same-sex committed partners as those who share a primary residence with an employee and are financially and emotionally interdependent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses.Go to top A06221 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6221 2003-2004 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2003 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, STRINGER, DINOWITZ, SANDERS, DiNAPOLI, HOYT, LAVELLE, O'DONNELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRADLEY, CYMBROWITZ, FARRELL, GOTTFRIED, GRANNIS, HOOPER, JACOBS, JOHN, McENENY, McLAUGHLIN, MILLMAN, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PHEFFER, SIDIKMAN, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to authorizing funeral or bereavement leave for same-sex committed partners The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 2 79-n to read as follows: 3 § 79-n. Funeral or bereavement leave. No employer who extends to its 4 employees funeral or bereavement leave for the death of an employee's 5 spouse or the child, parent or other relative of the spouse shall deny 6 the same leave to an employee for the death of the employee's same-sex 7 committed partner or the child, parent or other relative of the commit- 8 ted partner. Same-sex committed partners are those who share a primary 9 residence with the employee and are financially and emotionally interde- 10 pendent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01765-02-3 Go to top Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps