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Senate Labor Committee advances 12 bills to calendar or finance committee
Summary
At the fifth meeting of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Labor during the 2025 legislative session, the committee advanced 12 bills to either the floor calendar or the finance committee after brief motions and voice votes.
At the fifth meeting of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Labor during the 2025 legislative session, the committee advanced 12 bills to either the floor calendar or the finance committee after brief motions and voice votes. The committee did not record roll-call tallies in the transcript; each bill was advanced by voice vote and recorded as reported to the calendar or referred to the finance committee as noted below.
Why it matters: Several of the measures address workers' rights and employer disclosure requirements that would change state labor and workers' compensation law if enacted. Bills sent to the calendar are positioned for consideration by the full Senate; those sent to the finance committee require further fiscal review.
Votes at a glance (bill number, sponsor, subject, outcome)
- Senate Bill 50 (Comrie): Amend workers' compensation law to extend paid family leave benefits — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 825 (Liu): Amend labor law and estates, powers and trusts law to establish protections for minors featured in influencer-generated content — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 1893 (Sanders): Establish the New York Workplace Bullying Prevention Act (amend labor law) — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 2537 (Ramos): Amend workers' compensation law on eligibility for classification as permanent total disability — reported to the finance committee.
- Senate Bill 3337 (Cooney): Create an online database identifying regional skills and employment gaps (amend labor law) — referred to the finance committee.
- Senate Bill 4424 (Ramos): Amend labor law and executive law to enact the Anti-Waiver of Employment Rights Act — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 4468 (Mayer): Amend workers' compensation law to provide family leave following stillbirth identified at or after the 20th week of gestation — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 4473 (Ramos): Amend labor law in relation to liquidated damages for labor law violations — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 5990A (Ramos): Require employers to disclose benefits and other compensation, including bonuses, stock options and commissions (amend labor law) — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 6217 (Fernandez): Amend workers' compensation law regarding workers' access to treatment — reported to the calendar.
- Senate Bill 7388 (Ramos): Amend labor law to enact remedial construction of New York labor law — referred to the finance committee.
- Senate Bill 7776 (Longrich): Amend legal law and executive law to enact the Faithless Servant Reform Act — referred to the finance committee.
Proceedings and process notes: The meeting consisted largely of bill introductions and short procedural motions. For each bill the chair (identified in the transcript only as the committee chair) asked for a motion to move the bill, a senator moved the motion in each instance, and the chair called for the voice vote. The transcript records responses of “Aye” and the chair stating the bill’s disposition (either reported to the calendar or reported/referred to the finance committee). Individual roll-call votes, vote counts, and recorded aye/nay names are not provided in the meeting transcript.
Next steps: Bills reported to the calendar will be placed for consideration by the full Senate. Bills referred to the finance committee will receive further fiscal review before potential placement on the floor calendar.
