---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the rights of nursing employees to express breast milk"
description: "Expands the rights of nursing employees to express breast milk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4844"
citation: "New York S 4844 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2022-12-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ee81f64-b20e-4a9a-acf8-2a0d70833cdc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4844"
source_hash: "f9ecc26dfecc8be2eae784fe4b344d08fb5c19de5bec152bdf2f99e63109427d"
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 4844 (2021-2022) — Expands the rights of nursing employees to express breast milk

Expands the rights of nursing employees to express breast milk.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4844&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4844A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4844A)
3. **S4844B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4844B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Labor Vote - Version: B — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Labor Vote - Version: A — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** PRINT NUMBER 4844A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** 1ST REPORT CAL.497
- **2021-03-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-09** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** PRINT NUMBER 4844B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** 1ST REPORT CAL.556
- **2022-03-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-03-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-03-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-03-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1236A
- **2022-05-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.521
- **2022-05-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-09** SIGNED CHAP.672 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ee81f64-b20e-4a9a-acf8-2a0d70833cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).