S 681: Prohibits fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees; makes related provisions.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 681 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 201-a of the labor law, as amended by chapter 460 2 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 201-a. Fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of 4 employees prohibited. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person, as 5 a condition of securing employment or of continuing employment, shall be 6 required to be fingerprinted or undergo mandatory iris and retina scan- 7 ning. This provision shall not apply to employees of the state or any 8 municipal subdivisions or departments thereof, or to the employees of 9 legally incorporated hospitals, supported in whole or in part by public 10 funds or private endowment, or to the employees of medical colleges 11 affiliated with such hospitals or to employees of private proprietary 12 hospitals. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02797-01-5