---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits"
description: "Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits; requires an employer to provide a written notice of the right to file for unemployment benefits to any employee whose employment has been terminated or whose scheduled working hours have been reduced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 398"
citation: "New York A 398 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Burdick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9ee2a32-fd8a-410e-8d3e-3d8cc7bac93f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A398"
source_hash: "c8bf923360f815c42ae0c9b2a0dda47abba17bbc170fc0ef711d1e78edf2858a"
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 A 398 (2023-2024) — Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits

Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits; requires an employer to provide a written notice of the right to file for unemployment benefits to any employee whose employment has been terminated or whose scheduled working hours have been reduced.

## Version chain

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

1. **A398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A398&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A398A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A398A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **51–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Burdick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 398A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.425
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.425
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4878A
- **2023-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.419
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-14** SIGNED CHAP.366 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9ee2a32-fd8a-410e-8d3e-3d8cc7bac93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).