---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensures that utility employees receive the prevailing wage"
description: "Ensures that utility employees, who currently fall outside the definition of an employee that may receive the prevailing wage, fall under such wage requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6265"
citation: "New York S 6265 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-31"
last_action: "2020-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f8c939b-a5a9-4cf4-b9e2-6cb2aa290aea"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6265"
source_hash: "2d4622cc8cf59ff48ef3bef45568ed67239a3c7eb5822fe5e43eb11738c82aeb"
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 6265 (2019-2020) — Ensures that utility employees receive the prevailing wage

Ensures that utility employees, who currently fall outside the definition of an employee that may receive the prevailing wage, fall under such wage requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6265&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6265A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6265A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **52–10** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** PRINT NUMBER 6265A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1789
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8083A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.610
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.758 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-07** APPROVAL MEMO.102

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f8c939b-a5a9-4cf4-b9e2-6cb2aa290aea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).