---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeals section 206-b of the labor law, relating to employment of females after child-birth prohibited"
description: "Relates to employment of females after child-birth prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6391"
citation: "New York S 6391 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SALAZAR"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-06-07"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36ec95a9-4e20-42af-98a2-48003512705c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6391"
source_hash: "a3e809d7de91a279c623019ef99e77e7158a9037925c8a9b8ff1d4b154065ae9"
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 6391 (2019-2020) — Repeals section 206-b of the labor law, relating to employment of females after child-birth prohibited

Relates to employment of females after child-birth prohibited.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6391&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Labor Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SALAZAR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1843
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.168
- **2020-01-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-01-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-23** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9694
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.191
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.235 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36ec95a9-4e20-42af-98a2-48003512705c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).