A 1181: Grants employee protections conferred by the labor law to cheerleaders.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1181 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, BRONSON, DAVILA, HEVESI, HUNTER, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing the cheer- leaders' fair pay act The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 219-b to 2 read as follows: 3 § 219-b. Application to cheerleaders. 1. A professional sports team 4 based in this state that employs professional athletes who have entered 5 into professional sports-services contracts, as defined by subdivision 6 eight of section eight hundred ninety-nine-a of the general business 7 law, and that utilizes the services of cheerleaders during its exhibi- 8 tions or games, shall provide such cheerleaders with all of the rights, 9 benefits and protections conferred to its employees by this chapter for 10 all services provided for the benefit of the team. 11 2. For the purposes of this section, "cheerleader" means an individual 12 who performs acrobatics, dance, gymnastic exercises, ice skating, or 13 other performances in promotion of a professional sports franchise iden- 14 tified in subdivision one of this section. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03382-01-5