New York S 4773: Prevents outsourcing during a hiring freeze

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY A1396 (as of 2026-04-21)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4773

Sponsors: Christopher Ryan, Dean Murray, Leroy Comrie, Robert Jackson, William Weber

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S04773 Summary:

BILL NOS04773 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A01396

&nbsp

SPONSORRYAN C

&nbsp

COSPNSRCOMRIE, JACKSON, MURRAY, WEBER

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §66, Civ Serv L

&nbsp

Prevents an agency, department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the authority of the executive department from contracting, subcontracting or hiring any third party during a hiring freeze.

Go to top S04773 Actions:

BILL NOS04773 

&nbsp

02/12/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/02/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1044

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.467

03/09/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/21/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A1396

&nbspA01396 AMEND= Eachus

&nbsp01/09/2025referred to governmental employees

&nbsp02/11/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/01/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp04/01/2025reported 

&nbsp04/01/2025rules report cal.123

&nbsp04/01/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.123

&nbsp04/01/2025passed assembly

&nbsp04/01/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp04/01/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.51

&nbsp01/12/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/12/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/12/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

&nbsp04/21/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S4773

&nbsp04/21/20263RD READING CAL.467

&nbsp04/21/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/21/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Go to topS04773 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS04773 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS04773 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4773

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to preventing
 outsourcing during a hiring freeze

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

 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 66
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 66. Hiring freeze. Upon the enactment of a hiring freeze, no agency,
 4 department, division, commission, bureau or any other entity under the
 5 authority of the executive department shall contract, subcontract or
 6 hire any third party to perform services that would otherwise be carried
 7 out by an employee whose terms of employment are subject to a collective
 8 bargaining agreement or other analogous contract and who is subject to
 9 such hiring freeze.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03434-01-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps

View New York S 4773 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.