Anna Gronewald is reporting for Politico New York legislation that would transform the state's sexual harassment reporting system is now pending in the state Legislature. But with only 13 scheduled days left in session, the proposed measures will likely require a hard push to get through in their current form. The basis of the 10-bill package is a bill to change a decades-old standard for what qualifies as discriminatory harassment. Advocate groups want the standard for harassment to be widened. Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, a Brooklyn Democrat and a civil rights attorney by trade, said the current standard has proven too high for victims. Business groups argue that changing the standard would “unnecessarily” ramp up the volume of legal cases and “diminish real complaints of harassment,” according to Frank Kerbein, director of the Center for Human Resources at The Business Council of New York State. Kerbin said the group was supportive of state measures that passed last year, which were widely criticized by the Sexual Harassment Working Group as toothless. The bill has been amended and recommitted to the government operations committees in both chambers, but has not yet been scheduled for further action. A hearing on the legislation will be held in New York City, May 31. Read the full story at Politico New York.