New York A 9466: Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees

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A09466 Summary:

BILL NOA09466 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08795

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRZinerman, Colton, Taylor

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§201, 203 & 203-c, Work Comp L; amd §2, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.50 & A.4727)

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Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

Go to top A09466 Actions:

BILL NOA09466 

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01/06/2026referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

01/21/2026reported referred to rules

01/21/2026reported 

01/21/2026rules report cal.46

01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.46

01/21/2026substituted by s8795

&nbspS08795 AMEND= COMRIE

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.27

&nbsp01/21/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/21/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/21/2026referred to labor

&nbsp01/21/2026substituted for a9466

&nbsp01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.46

&nbsp01/21/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.72

Go to topA09466 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:28/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoAyeDiPietroNay

HevesiAyeMorinelloAye

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioAye

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberAye

RamosAyeSempolinskiAye

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinExcusedSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09466 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09466 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9466

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to extending
 paid family leave benefits to certain construction workers; and to
 amend a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the workers' compensation
 law relating to extending paid family leave benefits, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 50 and A. 4727, in relation to the effec-
 tiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 201 of the workers' compensation law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 25 to read as follows:
 3 25. "Construction employee" means employees who perform construction,
 4 demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, reno-
 5 vations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to
 6 a collective bargaining agreement.
 7 § 2. Section 203 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by a
 8 chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the workers' compensation law
 9 relating to extending paid family leave benefits, as proposed in legis-
 10 lative bills numbers S. 50 and A. 4727, is amended to read as follows:
 11 § 203. Employees eligible for benefits under section two hundred four
 12 of this article. Employees in employment of a covered employer for four
 13 or more consecutive weeks and employees in employment during the work
 14 period usual to and available during such four or more consecutive weeks
 15 in any trade or business in which they are regularly employed and in
 16 which hiring from day to day of such employees is the usual employment
 17 practice shall be eligible for disability benefits as provided in
 18 section two hundred four of this article. Employees in employment of a
 19 covered employer for twenty-six or more consecutive