---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to wage theft"
description: "Relates to clarifying provisions prohibiting wage theft; provides that there are no exceptions to liability for failure to pay wages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 858"
citation: "New York S 858 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72be1a18-a6fe-431e-a4f4-74081e3c3eef"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S858"
source_hash: "f8ead2856357f94d3cda53390c6803a29af5769150f3a06ce32101cfd2569d95"
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 858 (2021-2022) — Relates to wage theft

Relates to clarifying provisions prohibiting wage theft; provides that there are no exceptions to liability for failure to pay wages.

## Version chain

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

1. **S858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S858&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Labor Vote — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **51–12** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.114
- **2021-01-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-10** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1893
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.79
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-19** SIGNED CHAP.397 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72be1a18-a6fe-431e-a4f4-74081e3c3eef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).