New York S 372: Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act"

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S00372 Summary:

BILL NOS00372A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06480-A

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSRJACKSON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §215-d, Lab L

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Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act", which prevents employers from giving coercive ultimatums to employees or former employees relating to severance agreements.

Go to top S00372 Actions:

BILL NOS00372A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

03/03/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

03/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.442

03/04/2025PASSED SENATE

03/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/05/2025referred to labor

06/09/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025returned to senate

06/09/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 372A

06/12/2025REPASSED SENATE

06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

01/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.190

01/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/11/2026PASSED SENATE

02/11/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/11/2026referred to codes

02/26/2026substituted for a6480a

02/26/2026ordered to third reading cal.160

06/01/2026passed assembly

06/01/2026returned to senate

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Go to topS00372 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:06/01/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 110/29Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

No 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Cashman 

No 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Powers 

No 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes &#8225

Chandler-Waterm 

Yes 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

No 

Chang 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

ER 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

No 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Conrad 

No 

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

No 

Reilly 

No 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

ER 

Cook 

Yes 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

No 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hevesi 

ER 

Meeks 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

No 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes &#8225

Mikulin 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

ER 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

ER 

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

ER 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

No 

Brabenec 

Yes 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Molitor 

No 

Sayegh 

Yes 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

ER 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

ER 

Moreno 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jensen 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

No 

Brook-Krasny 

No &#8225

DiPietro 

Yes 

Kassay 

No 

Norber 

Yes 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

Yes 

Durso 

Yes 

Kay 

No 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

No 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Shrestha 

Yes 

Yeger 

Yes &#8225

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

ER 

Lasher 

No 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

Yes 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

Yes 

Buttenschon 

Yes &#8225

Forrest 

Yes &#8225

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

No 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

Go to topS00372 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 372--A
 Cal. No. 442

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- reported
 favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Rules
 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading,
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