---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence"
description: "Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; directs the department of labor to produce a model workplace violence prevention training program; requires employers to provide training on such programs; requires the installation of panic buttons at certain workplaces or wearable or mobile phone-based panic buttons to be provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8947"
citation: "New York A 8947 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karines Reyes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abfbdf3-35b6-446a-a202-47f63aa58c5f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8947"
source_hash: "c22070c517c431e11c00dcfde3f0337d711d7a07c267955eebbac2bff987d734"
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 8947 (2023-2024) — Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; directs the department of labor to produce a model workplace violence prevention training program; requires employers to provide training on such programs; requires the installation of panic buttons at certain workplaces or wearable or mobile phone-based panic buttons to be provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8947&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8947A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8947A)
3. **A8947B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8947B)
4. **A8947C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8947C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **41–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **102–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karines Reyes — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Robert C. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** PRINT NUMBER 8947A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** PRINT NUMBER 8947B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** REPORTED
- **2024-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.468
- **2024-05-21** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8947C `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8358C
- **2024-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1055
- **2024-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-05** SIGNED CHAP.308 `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-05** APPROVAL MEMO.6

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abfbdf3-35b6-446a-a202-47f63aa58c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).