New York S 8822: Establishes the crime of doxing a police officer or a peace officer

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S08822 Summary:

BILL NOS08822 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09452

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1050, 1052 & 1053, Lab L; amd §3, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.4070-B & A.584-C)

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Relates to the prohibition of the use of employment promissory notes and other similar provisions; defines transferable credential; relates to the effectiveness of such provisions.

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BILL NOS08822 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.41

01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9452

&nbspA09452 AMEND= Steck

&nbsp01/06/2026referred to labor

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to labor

&nbsp01/21/2026reported referred to codes

&nbsp01/21/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/21/2026reported 

&nbsp01/21/2026rules report cal.41

&nbsp01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.41

&nbsp01/21/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/21/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8822

&nbsp01/28/20263RD READING CAL.41

&nbsp01/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/13/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp02/13/2026signed chap.16

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8822

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
 employment promissory notes and other similar provisions; and to amend
 a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the labor law relating to
 enacting the "trapped at work act", as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 4070-B and A. 584-C, in relation to the effectiveness
 thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1050 of the labor law, as added by a chapter of the
 2 laws of 2025 amending the labor law relating to enacting the "trapped at
 3 work act", as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4070-B and A.
 4 584-C, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 1050. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
 6 1. "Employer" means [an individual, partnership, association, corpo-
 7 ration, limited liability company, trust, government or government
 8 subdivision, or any organized group that hires or contracts with a work-
 9 er to work for the employer. For the purposes of this article, this term
 10 shall also include any subsidiary of an employer and any individual,
 11 partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
 12 government or government subdivision, or any organized group associated
 13 with an employer that provides training to workers] any person, corpo-
 14 ration, limited liability company, or association employing any individ-
 15 ual in any occupation, industry, trade, business or service including
 16 the state and its political subdivisions.
 17 2. ["Worker" means an individual who is permitted to work for or on
 18 behalf of an employer. The term "worker" includes an employee, independ-
 19 ent contractor, extern, intern, volunteer, apprentice, sole proprietor
 20 who provides a service or services to an employer or to a client or
 21 customer of an employer on behalf of such employer, and an individual
 22 who provides service through a business or nonprofit entity or associ-
 23 ation. "Worker" does not include an individual, even if the individual
 24 performs incidental service for the employer, whose sole relationship

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01084-10-6

 S. 8822 2

 1 with the employer is as a vendor of goods] "Employee" means any person
 2 employed for hire by an employer in any employment.
 3 3. "Employment promissory note" means any instrument, agreement, or
 4 contract provision that requires [a worker] an employee to pay the
 5 employer, or the employer's agent or assignee, a sum of money if the
 6 [worker leaves such employment] employee's employment relationship with
 7 a specific employer terminates be