---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts Carlos' law; relates to crimes involving the death or injury of a worker"
description: "Enacts Carlos' law; relates to crimes involving the death or injury of a worker; establishes higher fines for corporations who commit such crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4947"
citation: "New York A 4947 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BICHOTTE HERMELYN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed8749c3-ab5d-437a-a0cd-2b307534ae63"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4947"
source_hash: "ea73587a6fc3d126c853fe948b06172f7c632f9af9e5dfe6622273e6c8b53d9d"
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 A 4947 (2021-2022) — Enacts Carlos' law; relates to crimes involving the death or injury of a worker

Enacts Carlos' law; relates to crimes involving the death or injury of a worker; establishes higher fines for corporations who commit such crimes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4947&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A4947A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4947A)
3. **A4947B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4947B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–3** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **149–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — primary (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO JA — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** REPORTED
- **2021-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.364
- **2021-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN SENATE
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.160
- **2022-05-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4947A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4947B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S621B
- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1628
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.746 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.61

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed8749c3-ab5d-437a-a0cd-2b307534ae63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).