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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-4516.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to violations of nondisclosure agreements in certain settlement agreements"
+description: "Prohibits settlement agreements in any claim involving sexual harassment or any other form of discrimination prohibited by law from containing any condition that requires the complainant to pay the defendant liquidated damages in the event that the plaintiff violates any nondisclosure agreement included in such settlement agreement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 4516"
+citation: "New York S 4516 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nathalia Fernandez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-09"
+last_action: "2023-11-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b176fa32-78c8-4f11-af9e-e2b848fd666e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4516"
+source_hash: "02ed7589b9dac3d444b0761fcc21ceb66e2f3a18652260d7c57160811a009889"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 4516 (2023-2024) — Relates to violations of nondisclosure agreements in certain settlement agreements
+
+Prohibits settlement agreements in any claim involving sexual harassment or any other form of discrimination prohibited by law from containing any condition that requires the complainant to pay the defendant liquidated damages in the event that the plaintiff violates any nondisclosure agreement included in such settlement agreement.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S4516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4516&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **58–3** (pass) · upper
+- Judiciary Vote — **17–2** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **100–48** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nathalia Fernandez — primary (person)
+- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.501
+- **2023-03-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2023-03-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2023-03-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-03-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-03-22** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A581
+- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.428
+- **2023-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.658 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b176fa32-78c8-4f11-af9e-e2b848fd666e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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