---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the \"New York call center jobs act\""
description: "Enacts the \"New York call center jobs act\"; requires prior notice of relocation of call center jobs from New York to a foreign country; directs the commissioner of labor to maintain a list of employers who move call center jobs; prohibits loans or grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1826"
citation: "New York S 1826 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2020-01-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5783a6c3-4774-407c-a355-d8f938b36381"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1826"
source_hash: "896d398c9b4b8991dfceefd724162f5173011fe06a6a73dd28929e19b269f428"
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 1826 (2019-2020) — Relates to enacting the "New York call center jobs act"

Enacts the "New York call center jobs act"; requires prior notice of relocation of call center jobs from New York to a foreign country; directs the commissioner of labor to maintain a list of employers who move call center jobs; prohibits loans or grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1826&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S1826A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1826A)
3. **S1826B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1826B)
4. **S1826C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1826C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **58–3** (pass) · upper
- Labor Vote - Version: A — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: B — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **130–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BOYLE — cosponsor (person)
- BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LANZA — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-01** PRINT NUMBER 1826A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-12** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** PRINT NUMBER 1826B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** 1ST REPORT CAL.225
- **2019-03-06** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-07** AMENDED 1826C `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A567C
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.485
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-02** SIGNED CHAP.752 `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-02** APPROVAL MEMO.97

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5783a6c3-4774-407c-a355-d8f938b36381`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).