Senate Labor Committee advances six bills; five sent to calendar, one to finance
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Summary
At its fifth 2026 session meeting, the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Labor advanced six measures on workers’ rights and employment procedures; five were reported to the Senate calendar and one (S.2234) was sent to the Finance Committee for further review.
State Senator Jessica Ramos, chair of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Labor, opened the committee’s fifth meeting of the 2026 legislative session and said the panel had six bills on the agenda.
The committee advanced measures addressing workers’ compensation stop-work orders, student loan repayment information, business-license suspensions tied to layoffs, hearing rights before the workers’ compensation board, unemployment insurance hearing requests and employee access to personnel records. Five bills were reported to the Senate calendar; one was referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration.
“We have 6 bills on today's agenda,” Ramos said at the start of the meeting. Staff member Rosio read each bill title and description as the chair called for motions and votes.
Votes at a glance
• S.162 (Ramos) — To amend the labor law and workers’ compensation law in relation to issuing stop-work orders: reported to the Senate calendar. • S.1673 (listed as by Gennardis) — To amend the labor law on student loan repayment information: reported to the Senate calendar. • S.2078 (listed as by Mayer) — To amend labor and criminal procedure law related to business-license suspensions resulting from layoffs: reported to the Senate calendar. • S.2234 (Ramos) — To amend the workers’ compensation law to clarify parties’ rights to a hearing and require a record of hearings held: reported to the Finance Committee. • S.2596 (listed as by Mayer) — To amend the labor law on an individual’s right to request a hearing regarding an unemployment insurance benefits claim: reported to the Senate calendar. • S.3460 (listed as by Bernardes) — To amend the labor law on employee access to personnel records: reported to the Senate calendar.
Most measures drew only the brief sponsor presentations and voice votes typical of committee floor procedure rather than extended debate. Where motions were made and votes taken, the chair announced the outcome: either that the bill was "reported to the calendar" or, in the case of S.2234, that it was "reported to finance." The transcript records a sequence of affirmative voice responses for S.3460 that the chair treated as a favorable committee action.
The meeting closed with Ramos saying the committee would introduce a resolution "commemorating the Chinese Communist factory fire" and inviting members to participate in remarks on that measure; she then adjourned the meeting.
The committee did not record detailed roll-call tallies in the transcript provided; outcomes were announced by the chair as committee actions (reported to calendar or referred to finance).
