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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to protections for freelance workers"
+description: "Enacts the \"freelance isn't free act\"; provides for the payment of freelance workers as independent contractors, including requiring written contracts; timely payment of compensation and handling controversies relating to payment, complaint procedures, and penalties; excludes construction contracts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 5026"
+citation: "New York S 5026 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-22"
+last_action: "2023-11-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b60f5bab-1d04-4e50-b030-cf308863a1af"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5026"
+source_hash: "135e7db62e85fc84d8a84000b8f43f855258fecf051b26d04f0ab4bfeee1ec08"
+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 5026 (2023-2024) — Relates to protections for freelance workers
+
+Enacts the "freelance isn't free act"; provides for the payment of freelance workers as independent contractors, including requiring written contracts; timely payment of compensation and handling controversies relating to payment, complaint procedures, and penalties; excludes construction contracts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5026&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower
+- Finance Vote — **17–5** (pass) · upper
+- Labor Vote — **12–1** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **43–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
+- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
+- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
+- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
+- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
+- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
+- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
+- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
+- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-22** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-02** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.1031
+- **2023-05-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2023-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6040
+- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.711
+- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.678 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.35
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b60f5bab-1d04-4e50-b030-cf308863a1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+