New York S 4881: Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY A2730A (as of 2025-06-12)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4881

Sponsors: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, Christopher Ryan, Nathalia Fernandez, Robert Jackson

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S04881 Summary:

BILL NOS04881A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02730-A

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, JACKSON, RYAN C

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §224-d, Lab L

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Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements; requires thermal energy networks to require contractors and subcontractors to use pre-apprenticeship direct entry providers registered with the department of labor.

Go to top S04881 Actions:

BILL NOS04881A

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

04/30/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

04/30/2025PRINT NUMBER 4881A

05/14/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.1514

06/04/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A2730A

&nbspA02730 AMEND=A Barrett

&nbsp01/22/2025referred to labor

&nbsp04/21/2025amend and recommit to labor

&nbsp04/21/2025print number 2730a

&nbsp05/28/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.302

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.302

&nbsp05/29/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S4881A

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.1514

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp09/05/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp09/05/2025signed chap.362

&nbsp09/05/2025approval memo.2

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4881--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SCARCELLA-SPANTON, FERNANDEZ, C. RYAN -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring contractors and
 subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable
 energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 224-d of the labor law, as added
 2 by chapter 375 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 3 8. [Any] A covered renewable energy system shall require all contrac-
 4 tors and subcontractors performing construction work to use apprentice-
 5 ship agreements, as defined by article twenty-three of this chapter, and
 6 any thermal energy network covered by this section shall additionally
 7 require [all] such contractors and subcontractors [performing
 8 construction work] to use [apprenticeship agreements, as defined by
 9 article twenty-three of this chapter, with] pre-apprenticeship direct
 10 entry providers registered with the department.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05508-03-5

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