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NY S 2211

in committee

Establishes an essential workers' bill of rights

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2211 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2211 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LABOR

What is NY S 2211 about?

Establishes an essential workers' bill of rights; provides that all employers shall provide essential workers with personal protective equipment, inform such workers of exposure to any disease related to a state disaster emergency, and not retaliate for any report of an unsafe work environment; provides certain employers shall make hazard payments and cover the costs of any child care or health care needed by such essential workers for the duration of the state disaster emergency.

Who sponsors NY S 2211?

John Liu is the primary sponsor of NY S 2211.

Description

Establishes an essential workers' bill of rights; provides that all employers shall provide essential workers with personal protective equipment, inform such workers of exposure to any disease related to a state disaster emergency, and not retaliate for any report of an unsafe work environment; provides certain employers shall make hazard payments and cover the costs of any child care or health care needed by such essential workers for the duration of the state disaster emergency.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LABOR
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • John Liuprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8308not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 640not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 913not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1267

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2211?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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