---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting health care employers from penalizing employees because of complaints of employer violations"
description: "Prohibits health care employers from penalizing employees because of complaints of employer violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8397"
citation: "New York S 8397 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVINO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-05-21"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c5e9b6-889d-42c1-a099-e709ff15dab8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8397"
source_hash: "4dee5dadb748d3dd93c42f613f8b941e3604e5b8ad584ccacad1082c76e3c56f"
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 8397 (2019-2020) — Relates to prohibiting health care employers from penalizing employees because of complaints of employer violations

Prohibits health care employers from penalizing employees because of complaints of employer violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8397&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8397A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8397A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **125–19** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAVINO — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-21** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8397A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.658
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10326A
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.34
- **2020-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** SIGNED CHAP.117 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c5e9b6-889d-42c1-a099-e709ff15dab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).