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Labor committee reports 12 bills on workers' compensation, workplace safety and related labor issues to calendar and finance
Summary
At its sixth and final session of the 2025 legislative session, the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Labor moved 12 bills affecting workers' compensation, workplace violence prevention, unemployment benefits, elevator licensing, construction reporting pay and other labor rules to the Senate calendar or finance committee by voice vote.
The Senate Standing Committee on Labor reported a package of 12 labor-related bills to the Senate calendar and finance committees during its sixth and final meeting of the 2025 legislative session. Committee members moved each bill by voice vote; the committee reported some bills to the Senate calendar and sent others to the finance committee for further review.
The measures span workers' compensation changes, unemployment benefit eligibility, workplace-violence prevention requirements, elevator licensing requirements and definitions for mental-health practitioners with diagnostic authority. Several bills addressing workers' compensation were among the items the committee advanced.
Key actions reported by the committee included:
- Senate Bill 3948 (Ramos): A proposal to amend the workers' compensation law to allow certain payments to be reclassified to permanent total disability or total industrial disability on grounds of extreme…
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