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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians"
+description: "Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 4938"
+citation: "New York A 4938 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dana Levenberg"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-10"
+last_action: "2025-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8001cda-f083-4ced-969d-667700dab7e1"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4938"
+source_hash: "5a42048874f7bbac23516ca73600e7b121ba13c4bdc7eadf65ce76dc3066460d"
+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 A 4938 (2025-2026) — Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians
+
+Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4938&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dana Levenberg — primary (person)
+- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Angelo J. Morinello — cosponsor (person)
+- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
+- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Doug Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerett Gandolfo — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
+- John Lemondes — cosponsor (person)
+- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
+- Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
+- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
+- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Lester Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
+- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Benedetto — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
+- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
+- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
+- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-10** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** REPORTED
+- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.114
+- **2025-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-05-05** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2709
+- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1682
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.652 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.34
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8001cda-f083-4ced-969d-667700dab7e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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