New York A 8482: Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on attachment to the labor market

Status: REFERRED TO FINANCE (as of 2026-05-13)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 8482

Sponsors: Catalina Cruz, Angelo Santabarbara, Harry B. Bronson, Jonathan Jacobson, Judy Griffin, Nader Sayegh, Steven Otis

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A08482 Summary:

BILL NOA08482A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06376-A

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SPONSORCruz

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COSPNSRBronson, Jacobson, Santabarbara, Sayegh, Griffin, Otis, Ramos

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §15, Work Comp L

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Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.

Go to top A08482 Actions:

BILL NOA08482A

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05/16/2025referred to labor

05/20/2025reported referred to rules

05/21/2025reported 

05/21/2025rules report cal.255

05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.255

05/27/2025passed assembly

05/27/2025delivered to senate

05/27/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.213

05/04/2026amended on third reading 8482a

05/13/2026passed assembly

05/13/2026delivered to senate

05/13/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S6376A

06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1713

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Go to topA08482 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoAyeDiPietroAye

HevesiAyeMorinelloAye

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioAye

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberAye

RamosAyeSempolinskiAye

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/21/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinExcusedSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08482 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:05/27/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 126/19Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

Yes 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

No 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chang 

Yes 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

No 

Beephan 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Glick 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

Yes 

Maher 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Cook 

No 

Gray 

ER 

Mamdani 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Griffin 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cunningham 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

No 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes &#8225

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

Yes 

Blumencranz 

Yes &#8225

Davila 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

Yes 

Bologna 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

Yes 

Bores 

Yes 

DeStefano 

Yes &#8225

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

ER 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jackson 

Yes 

Miller 

No 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

ER 

DiPietro 

Yes 

Jensen 

No 

Molitor 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

Yes 

Durso 

Yes 

Jones 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kassay 

Yes 

Norber 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

Yes 

Epstein 

Yes 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shrestha 

Yes 

Yeger 

Yes 

Burke 

ER 

Fall 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccar

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