Authorizes certain penalties to be assessed against members of a limited liability company and partners of a limited liability partnership or partnership

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Authorizes certain penalties to be assessed against members of a limited liability company and partners of a limited liability partnership or partnership.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

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

New York State Senate

Amends the Workers' Compensation Law.

Committee

Labor · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Labor · New York State Senate, Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The bill text adds references to limited liability company, limited liability partnership or partnerships to section 26-a, 52, 131, and 220 of the Workers' Compensation Law (WCL). A paragraph is added to section 26-a of the WCL as well mirroring the language regarding partnerships and officers for members of LLCs or self-employed persons. Some language throughout these sections were also changed to gender-neu- tral terms.

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Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesJun 12, 2025Result: passed
(18) (2) (0) (1)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 12, 2025Result: passed
(46) (13) (0) (4)

The sponsor's argument

Why Jessica Ramos says this is needed

It is fundamental to a functioning workers' compensation system that New York businesses have the appropriate workers' compensation insurance to protect their workforce. Currently, the workers' compensation laws hold corporate officers, such as president, secretary, and treasurer of corporations personally liable for their failure to secure the payment of compensation for their employees. In that spirit, the current laws as written need to be amended to consider the various business forms that have grown in use exponentially, to close the loophole that allows certain employers to evade personal liability when failing to comply with New York's strong worker protection laws. Under the current law, an uneven playing field has been created by allowing for an exemption from personal liability for members and partners of limited liability compa- nies and limited liability partnerships, respectively, for their failure to secure compensation insurance. While officers of corporations are held personally liable for such failure, members and partners of both limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships evade such personal liability under the current laws.

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

Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
NY Senate
Jun 12, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 12, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1935
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1935
NY Senate
Jun 12, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate

Show full history (2 earlier events)

Jun 12, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
NY Assembly
Jun 6, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate

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