Bill Commons

NY S 5297

in committee

Requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5297 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5297 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

What is NY S 5297 about?

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee.

Who sponsors NY S 5297?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 5297, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary
  • Mark Walczykcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2425not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2029not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3367not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5427not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4344not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1402not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4701not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5297?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 5297. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.