---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to fair, non-biased compensation"
description: "Relates to fair, non-biased compensation; provides for remedies and enforcement where an employee believes he or she is being discriminated against in terms of compensation in violation of section 115 of the civil service law; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 456"
citation: "New York S 456 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-12-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4796e56-a8ac-4370-b19c-c43d4d1242f0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S456"
source_hash: "e9147e8245fd7eda35f29960348dfb8aaeeac52ffd76c3e92a03ece4175ba860"
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 456 (2019-2020) — Relates to fair, non-biased compensation

Relates to fair, non-biased compensation; provides for remedies and enforcement where an employee believes he or she is being discriminated against in terms of compensation in violation of section 115 of the civil service law; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S456&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S456A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S456A)
3. **S456B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S456B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **50–12** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–4** (pass) · lower
- Civil Service And Pensions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.521
- **2019-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-29** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 456A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 456B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1047B
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.176
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-26** SIGNED CHAP.743 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-26** APPROVAL MEMO.88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4796e56-a8ac-4370-b19c-c43d4d1242f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).