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NY S 5404

in committee

Provides for nondisclosure and non-disparagement agreements

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5404 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5404 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 5404 about?

Prohibits provisions in any waiver, settlement, agreement or other resolution of any claim where the foundation for which is an alleged violation of the labor law or article fifteen of the executive law, that prevent the disclosure of the employee's workplace experience with the employer.

Who sponsors NY S 5404?

Andrew Gounardes is the primary sponsor of NY S 5404, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits provisions in any waiver, settlement, agreement or other resolution of any claim where the foundation for which is an alleged violation of the labor law or article fifteen of the executive law, that prevent the disclosure of the employee's workplace experience with the employer.

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

  • Andrew Gounardesprimary
  • Jamaal Baileycosponsor
  • Cordell Clearecosponsor
  • Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor
  • Brad Hoylman-Sigalcosponsor
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor
  • Liz Kruegercosponsor
  • John Liucosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor
  • James Skoufiscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8914not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4233not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5404?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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