---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing language access services"
description: "Relates to providing language access services; requires the workers' compensation board to provide for translation of documents and interpretation services and to publish a language access plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1022"
citation: "New York S 1022 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RAMOS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-11-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aefe56af-64f6-4da4-b85a-657d4654d6e0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1022"
source_hash: "0e0515c89c1943ac76a344bdf8ff78e7a4001a965a76459d43be290fb8455f64"
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 1022 (2021-2022) — Relates to providing language access services

Relates to providing language access services; requires the workers' compensation board to provide for translation of documents and interpretation services and to publish a language access plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1022&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1022A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1022A)

## Votes

- Labor Vote — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **46–17** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **18–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **112–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RAMOS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** PRINT NUMBER 1022A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1524
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6466A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.373
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-15** SIGNED CHAP.622 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-15** APPROVAL MEMO.42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aefe56af-64f6-4da4-b85a-657d4654d6e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).