---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the definition of employer for purposes of the unemployment insurance law"
description: "Provides that, for purposes of the unemployment insurance law, the entity which pays an individual shall be the employer even if the work or services are performed for a different entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8035"
citation: "New York A 8035 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FALL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-31"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25a62412-0bc2-4d20-b416-eb1b8c3aab45"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8035"
source_hash: "70486a43305c088806447016c26952b186079c82fe4addd9abf31df3e0b0e3d6"
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 8035 (2019-2020) — Relates to the definition of employer for purposes of the unemployment insurance law

Provides that, for purposes of the unemployment insurance law, the entity which pays an individual shall be the employer even if the work or services are performed for a different entity.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8035&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FALL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** REPORTED
- **2019-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.219
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.219
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6469
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1724
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.701 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25a62412-0bc2-4d20-b416-eb1b8c3aab45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).