---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to actions for non-payment of wages"
description: "Provides that a contractor making or taking a construction contract shall assume liability for any debt resulting from making a claim, owed to an employee, or third party on an employee's behalf, incurred by a subcontractor at any tier acting under, by, or for the contractor for an employee's performance of labor; provides for wage theft prevention and enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7773"
citation: "New York S 7773 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RAMOS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce2c4a7f-1b61-4e93-b8f0-347e016ad234"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7773"
source_hash: "829a7ba8635142beb5492f09e1247f3166cda5dfd3e9e0a31d9a7dfd1ee3dbd1"
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 7773 (2021-2022) — Relates to actions for non-payment of wages

Provides that a contractor making or taking a construction contract shall assume liability for any debt resulting from making a claim, owed to an employee, or third party on an employee's behalf, incurred by a subcontractor at any tier acting under, by, or for the contractor for an employee's performance of labor; provides for wage theft prevention and enforcement.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7773&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **117–28** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **54–8** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RAMOS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.144
- **2022-01-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-26** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8769
- **2022-02-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.38
- **2022-02-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.157 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce2c4a7f-1b61-4e93-b8f0-347e016ad234`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).