---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the inclusion of claims for unemployment insurance arising from the closure of an employer due to COVID-19 from being included in such employer's experience rating charges"
description: "Prohibits the inclusion of claims for unemployment insurance arising from the closure of an employer due to COVID-19 from being included in such employer's experience rating charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1197"
citation: "New York S 1197 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9349b0de-2294-4c09-9738-45e3d581e2b3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1197"
source_hash: "7361e6280cd039e8da9f5f97d9ef7710d3d51c156a9adc630d91e8d674fc6df7"
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 1197 (2021-2022) — Prohibits the inclusion of claims for unemployment insurance arising from the closure of an employer due to COVID-19 from being included in such employer's experience rating charges

Prohibits the inclusion of claims for unemployment insurance arising from the closure of an employer due to COVID-19 from being included in such employer's experience rating charges.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1197&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Labor Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.62
- **2021-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2001A
- **2021-01-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.9
- **2021-01-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.21 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9349b0de-2294-4c09-9738-45e3d581e2b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).