---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to eliminating a disincentive for whistleblowers"
description: "Relates to eliminating a disincentive for whistleblowers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 375"
citation: "New York A 375 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STECK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab37c3ed-5d79-4046-8ee6-e9bbbc9cc280"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A375"
source_hash: "3a74b1ea335ae74ef545336ff1fee19397793cabccf4923db0924e64ba0b221d"
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 375 (2019-2020) — Relates to eliminating a disincentive for whistleblowers

Relates to eliminating a disincentive for whistleblowers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A375&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STECK — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED
- **2019-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.66
- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.66
- **2019-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2736
- **2019-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1112
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.684 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab37c3ed-5d79-4046-8ee6-e9bbbc9cc280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).