---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits employers from seeking salary history from applicants"
description: "Prohibits employers from seeking salary history from applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6549"
citation: "New York S 6549 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARLUCCI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-15"
last_action: "2019-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b18706ff-e4e8-48ea-b92b-5af173ec87d3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6549"
source_hash: "740e63788785c14a8b94e6e8c7820eea3b4b4948782389d3cca2b7d6733122ee"
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 6549 (2019-2020) — Prohibits employers from seeking salary history from applicants

Prohibits employers from seeking salary history from applicants.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6549&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **43–19** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **12–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **126–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CARLUCCI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1588
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5308B
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.355
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-10** SIGNED CHAP.94 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b18706ff-e4e8-48ea-b92b-5af173ec87d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).