---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to increasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits"
description: "Relates to increasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7310"
citation: "New York S 7310 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1828c51-d34e-459b-80e5-470e7961716a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7310"
source_hash: "1b15aef15f99f035cf2db18e7f8931f385150d4829c38fa9b6698119cadacc60"
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 7310 (2019-2020) — Relates to increasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits

Relates to increasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7310&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **42–16** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.202
- **2020-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-29** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9136
- **2020-02-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.10
- **2020-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06** SIGNED CHAP.20 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1828c51-d34e-459b-80e5-470e7961716a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).