New York S 4070: Enacts the "trapped at work act"

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S04070 Summary:

BILL NOS04070B

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SAME ASSAME AS A00584-C

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 37 §§1050 - 1055, Lab L

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Enacts the "trapped at work act"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes.

Go to top S04070 Actions:

BILL NOS04070B

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

04/17/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

04/17/2025PRINT NUMBER 4070A

05/16/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

05/16/2025PRINT NUMBER 4070B

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1618

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A584C

&nbspA00584 AMEND=C Steck

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to labor

&nbsp02/04/2025amend and recommit to labor

&nbsp02/04/2025print number 584a

&nbsp03/14/2025amend and recommit to labor

&nbsp03/14/2025print number 584b

&nbsp05/14/2025amend and recommit to labor

&nbsp05/14/2025print number 584c

&nbsp05/28/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp06/05/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/06/2025reported 

&nbsp06/06/2025rules report cal.411

&nbsp06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.411

&nbsp06/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/11/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S4070B

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.1618

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025signed chap.643

&nbsp12/19/2025approval memo.28

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4070--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "trapped at
 work act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "trapped at work act".
 3 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 37 to read as
 4 follows:
 5 ARTICLE 37
 6 TRAPPED AT WORK ACT
 7 Section 1050. Definitions.
 8 1051. Scope.
 9 1052. Prohibiting the use of employment promissory notes and
 10 other similar provisions.
 11 1053. Enforcement.
 12 1054. Rules.
 13 1055. Savings clause.
 14 § 1050. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
 15 1. "Employer" means an individual, partnership, association, corpo-
 16 ration, limited liability company, trust, government or government
 17 subdivision, or any organized group that hires or contracts with a work-
 18 er to work for the employer. For the purposes of this article, this term
 19 shall also include any subsidiary of an employer and any individual,
 20 partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
 21 government or government subdivision, or any organized group associated
 22 with an employer that provides training to workers.
 23 2. "Worker" means an individual who is permitted to work for or on
 24 behalf of an employer. The term "worker" includes an employee, independ-
 25 ent contractor, extern, intern, volunteer, apprentice, sole proprietor

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01084-09-5

 S. 4070--B 2

 1 who provides a service or services to an employer or to a client or
 2 customer of an employer on behalf of such employer, and an individual
 3 who provides service through a business or nonprofit entity or associ-
 4 ation. "Worker" does not include an individual, even if the individual
 5 performs incidental service for the employer, whose sole relationship
 6 with the employer is as a vendor of goods.
 7 3. "Employment promissory note" means any instrument, agreement, or
 8 contract provision that requires a worker to pay the employer, or the
 9 employer's