---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits an employer from requesting that an employee or applicant disclose any means for accessing an electronic personal account"
description: "Prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant for employment disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified electronic communications devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 836"
citation: "New York A 836 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey Dinowitz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63db53e4-9e7b-4392-926e-59995eafdc6d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A836"
source_hash: "6a3a1bb5853bd46bd64364529fa0af12c86ae8b05a14e33bbac71f9c342d8034"
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 836 (2023-2024) — Prohibits an employer from requesting that an employee or applicant disclose any means for accessing an electronic personal account

Prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant for employment disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified electronic communications devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **A836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A836&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **123–25** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey Dinowitz — primary (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** REPORTED
- **2023-03-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.58
- **2023-03-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-03-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-21** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2518A
- **2023-05-22** 3RD READING CAL.259
- **2023-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-14** SIGNED CHAP.367 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63db53e4-9e7b-4392-926e-59995eafdc6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).