New York S 9931: Requires that an organization applying for grant funding shall provide to arts agencies a certification that it will enter into a labor peace agreement with at least one bona fide labor organization

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S09931 Summary:

BILL NOS09931 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04036-B

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3.01 & 3.19, Arts & Cul L; add Art 8-B §§228 - 228-h, Lab L

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Requires that an organization applying for grant funding shall provide to arts agencies a certification that it will enter into a labor peace agreement with at least one bona fide labor organization either where such bona fide labor organization is actively representing employees providing services covered by the organization seeking such grant funding or upon notice by a bona fide labor organization that is attempting to represent employees who will provide services to the organization seeking such grant funding; relates to prevailing wage requirements for not-for-profit theaters and payment of their employees on productions funded by the New York state council on the arts or arts agencies of localities.

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BILL NOS09931 

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04/16/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9931

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to prevailing wage require-
 ment for not-for-profit theaters and payment of their employees on
 productions funded by the New York state council on the arts or arts
 agencies of localities; and to amend the arts and cultural affairs
 law, in relation to requiring that an organization applying for grant
 funding shall provide to arts agencies a certification that it will
 enter into a labor peace agreement with at least one bona fide labor
 organization under certain circumstances

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

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 8-B to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 8-B
 4 PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATERS
 5 Section 228. Definitions.
 6 228-a. Prevailing wage requirement for not-for-profit theaters
 7 and payment of their employees on productions funded by
 8 the New York State council on the arts or arts agencies
 9 of localities; record keeping.
 10 228-b. Powers of the fiscal officer.
 11 228-c. Investigation and hearing.
 12 228-d. Failure to protest underpayments.
 13 228-e. Statements showing amounts due for wages.
 14 228-f. Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on
 15 account of race, creed, color, national origin, age,
 16 sex or disability.
 17 228-g. Penalties.
 18 228-h. Enforcement of article.
 19 § 228. Definitions. As used in this article:
 20 1. "Arts agency" means any public agency of New York state or of a
 21 locality of New York state that provides grants to productions at not-
 22 for-profit theaters.
 23 2. "Contract" means any agreement between a production and an arts
 24 agency to grant funds to such production.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06595-06-6

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 1 3. "Contractor" or "subcontractor" means a production that is a recip-
 2 ient of a grant from an arts agency.
 3 4. "Employee" means an employee of a not-for-profit theater that
 4 receives a grant award from an arts agency including but not limited to
 5 actors, stage managers, production assistants, scenic artists, scenic
 6 designers, costume designers, lighting designers, sound designers,
 7 projection designers, graphic artists, art and costume department coor-
 8 dinators, ushers, ticket takers, line directors, press agents, company
 9 managers, theatre managers, engineers, musicians, singers, choreogra-
 10 phers, dancers, staging staff, ballet school faculty, directors, fight
 11 directors, intimacy directors, dressers, wardrobers, costumers, stitch-
 12 ers, tailors, drapers, shoppers, laundry workers, dyers, costume techni-
 13 cians, milliners, craftspeople, child actors, guardians, stagehands, box
 14 office treasurers, first assistants, and ticket sellers employed on a
 15 produc