BILL NUMBER: S5424
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ratifying the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the labor
of persons under eighteen years of age
 
PURPOSE:
Relates to ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the
United States relating to the labor of persons under eighteen years of
age.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Relates to ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States relating to Congress having the authority to
regulate, restrict, or prohibit labor by individuals under 18 years old.
Section 2: Relates to ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, which would allow states to retain their
authority. Still, their laws would be suspended as needed to enforce
federal legislation enacted by Congress.
Section 3: Sets Effective Date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The Child Labor Amendment was submitted to the states by Congress in
1924 for ratification as a part of the federal Constitution, which has
been pending ever since. Currently, 28 states have ratified this amend-
ment, and 15 have rejected it and have not subsequently ratified it. New
York is one of five states with no record of taking action on this
amendment. While the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 went on to cover
the issues in the Child Labor Amendment, ratification of the amendment
will put New York on the right side of history.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Senate
2017: No Senate Same-As
2018: No Senate Same-As
2019: S1661, To Attorney General for Opinion
2020: S1661, Referred to Judiciary
2021: S4858, Referred to Judiciary
2022: S4858, To Attorney General for Opinion
2023: S5196, To Attorney General for Opinion
2024: S5196, To Attorney General for Opinion
Assembly
2017: N/A
2018: A10107, To Attorney General for Opinion
2019: A6245, To Attorney General for Opinion
2020: A6245, Referred to Judiciary
2021: A1959, Referred to judiciary
2022: A1959, To attorney-general for opinion
2023: No Assembly Same-As
2024: No Assembly Same-As
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
RESOLVED That the Secretary of State be requested to transmit a certi-
fied copy of this concurrent resolution to the Administrator of General
Services of the United States of America.