Relates to paid family leave benefits

Latest action Dec 19, 2025

Extends paid family leave benefits to employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement.

Not chosen yet

Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A4727, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A4727, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Law.

Committee

Labor · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Labor · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill will allow workers who are employed by more than one employer, in the field of construction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, reconstruction, renovations, alterations, and improvements to become and remain eligible for paid family leave benefits, as long as they are employed for twenty six of the last thirty nine weeks with one or more covered employers.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 11, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A4727, the matching Assembly bill.
(56) (3) (0) (4)
Vote: Committee vote · Labor
Senate LaborMay 20, 2025Result: passed
(13) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Andrew Hevesi, Angelo Santabarbara and 18 more on Agora

Democratic20

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Leroy Comrie says this is needed

This legislation is necessary in order for many construction workers to qualify for paid family leave benefits. In the construction industry, it is not uncommon for workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement to work for multiple employers for short periods of time, and to be laid off briefly between jobs. Under existing law, if a construction worker is fortunate enough to work for 26 consecutive weeks and qualify for benefits, he or she would lose that eligibility once laid off even if the lay-off was for a short period of time. He or she would have to start over by working another 26 consective weeks to qualify for bene- fits. Because of the nature of the industry, this cycle would repeat itself over and over, making it extremely difficult fo r such employees to ever utilize paid family leave benefits under the existing law. This legislation remedies this situation by recog nizing the unique circum- stances of the building trades industry and the realities and uncertain- ties faced by those working for multiple employers pursuant to collec- tive bargaining agreements.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Dec 19, 2025
Approval MEMO.33
APPROVAL MEMO.33
NY Assembly
Dec 19, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.651
NY Assembly
Dec 8, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Jun 11, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.1189
3RD READING CAL.1189
NY Senate
Jun 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate

Show full history (11 earlier events)

Jun 11, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY A4727
NY Senate
May 22, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 21, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
May 20, 2025
1ST Report CAL.1189
1ST REPORT CAL.1189
NY Senate
Apr 2, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Apr 2, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Apr 2, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
NY Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.42
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.42
NY Assembly
Feb 24, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Feb 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
NY Assembly
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
Party colors: Parties are shown in the same neutral colors.
Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 21, 2026. About our data

Read the record

Read on NY Senate (opens in a new tab) The official record on nysenate.gov.

Your position