---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting certain retaliatory action against unlawful discriminatory practices by employers"
description: "Prohibits the release of personnel or employees as a retaliatory action against employees who complain or assist in proceedings involving unlawful discriminatory practices by employers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5870"
citation: "New York S 5870 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-19"
last_action: "2022-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/294631bb-bf1a-444b-b038-cba1df7096b3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5870"
source_hash: "0c842affe5d58fef22d9daef90ea685d011b60cdb87375fcce8047e8a1e07359"
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 5870 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibiting certain retaliatory action against unlawful discriminatory practices by employers

Prohibits the release of personnel or employees as a retaliatory action against employees who complain or assist in proceedings involving unlawful discriminatory practices by employers.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5870&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-19** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1065
- **2021-05-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.389
- **2022-02-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-02-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-03-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-03-01** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7101
- **2022-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.432
- **2022-03-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-16** SIGNED CHAP.140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/294631bb-bf1a-444b-b038-cba1df7096b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).