---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to retaliatory actions by employers"
description: "Provides protection to employees and former employees from retaliatory actions by employers for the reporting of illegal or dangerous business activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4394"
citation: "New York S 4394 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RAMOS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07e562c0-08e6-411e-8667-0f54bcdc5d24"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4394"
source_hash: "b9eb26df7425c3e93297ddff767a4f775a09e7f9f434552f4c66d3287ede87f0"
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 4394 (2021-2022) — Relates to retaliatory actions by employers

Provides protection to employees and former employees from retaliatory actions by employers for the reporting of illegal or dangerous business activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4394&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4394A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4394A)

## Votes

- Labor Vote — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **110–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RAMOS — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.1112
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** AMENDED (T) 4394A
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5144A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.433
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-28** SIGNED CHAP.522 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07e562c0-08e6-411e-8667-0f54bcdc5d24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).