New York A 9465: Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians; repealer

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A09465 Summary:

BILL NOA09465 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08818

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SPONSORLevenberg

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COSPNSRZinerman, Colton

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §1, amd §3, Chap of 2025; rpld Art 21-C, Lab L; (as proposed in S.2709 & A.4938); add §149, St Fin L

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Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring that all tower technicians performing work pursuant to a contract with a state agency complete training requirements determined by the office of general services prior to commencing work pursuant to such contracts; repeals legislative intent relating to such tower technician protections; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

Go to top A09465 Actions:

BILL NOA09465 

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01/06/2026referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

01/21/2026reported referred to ways and means

02/25/2026reported referred to rules

02/25/2026reported 

02/25/2026rules report cal.86

02/25/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.86

02/25/2026substituted by s8818

&nbspS08818 AMEND= MAY

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.38

&nbsp01/21/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/21/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/21/2026referred to labor

&nbsp02/25/2026substituted for a9465

&nbsp02/25/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.86

&nbsp02/25/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/25/2026returned to senate

&nbsp03/20/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp03/27/2026SIGNED CHAP.95

Go to topA09465 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoAyeDiPietroAye

HevesiAyeMorinelloAye

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioAye

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberAye

RamosAyeSempolinskiAye

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:02/25/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:02/25/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushExcused

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicExcusedSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightExcused

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelExcused

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Go to topA09465 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09465 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9465

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to protections for
 telecommunications tower technicians; to amend a chapter of the laws
 of 2025 amending the labor law relating to providing protections for
 telecommunications tower technicians, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 2709 and A. 4938, in relation to the effectiveness thereof;
 to repeal certain provisions of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending
 the labor law relating to providing protections for telecommunications
 tower technicians, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2709
 and A. 4938, relating to legislative intent; and to repeal article
 21-C of the labor law relating to protections for tower technicians

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the
 2 labor law relating to providing protections for telecommunications tower
 3 technicians, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2709 and A.
 4 4938, is REPEALED.
 5 § 2. Article 21-c of the labor law, as added by a cha