S 7304 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires state employees and certain public officials attend annual implicit bias training

Summary
Requires state employees and the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, and members of the legislature attend annual implicit bias training provided by the legislative ethics commission.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 9, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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What changed between versions

S7304 → S7304A · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to narrow its focus from requiring both implicit bias training for state employees and management training for public officials to only requiring annual implicit bias training for state employees and certain public officials. The amendment also added the legislative ethics commission as a partner in delivering this training and clarified that the training program should follow standards set by that commission.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the requirement for mandatory annual management training for the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, and other high-level officials, while retaining the implicit bias training requirement for these officials and all state employees.
REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for mandatory annual management training for the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, members of the state legislature, and legislative employees.

Modified the training requirement to focus solely on annual implicit bias training for state employees and certain public officials, including the governor and other high-level officials.

Added requirement that employers must provide implicit bias training in cooperation with the legislative ethics commission, following an annual program established by that commission.

DEFINITION

Modified the definition of 'Employee' to include elected officials working for an employer, expanding the group subject to training requirements.

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Committee
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Amendments
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Jan 7, 2026
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
May 5, 2025
Senate · Amendment adopted
PRINT NUMBER 7304A
May 5, 2025
Senate · Amendment adopted
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
Apr 9, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
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Cordell Cleare
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