Sen. Jamaal Bailey

Co-sponsor S 2721

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act, granting collective bargaining rights, workers' compensation and unemployment benefits to farmworkers

Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for an 8 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers.

In committee Feb 12, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor J 3708

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim February 2018, as Black History Month in the State of New York

Passed Feb 6, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor J 3597

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Recognizing June 2018, as Meningitis B Awareness Month

Passed Jan 30, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor S 1701

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Relates to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children

Relates to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children; establishes independent development savings accounts for foster children over the age of 16; requires foster children to attend financial literacy and independent living classes.

In committee Jan 30, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary S 7589

In committee · New York Senate · Lead sponsor

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marihuana possession

Relates to standardizing penalties associated with marihuana possession; makes unlawful possession of small amounts of marihuana a violation punishable by a fine.

In committee Jan 29, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor J 3534

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

commemorating the Asian-American community's celebration of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Dog, on February 16, 2018

Passed Jan 23, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor J 3531

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2018, as Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month in the State of New York

Passed Jan 23, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor J 3499

In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

In committee Jan 18, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor J 3432

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Commemorating the observance of the 33rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 15, 2018

Passed Jan 17, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor J 3416

Passed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the Bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass

Passed Jan 17, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track