---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses"
description: "Provides for oversight of the use of mandatory overtime during an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 970"
citation: "New York A 970 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aileen Gunther"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed121a38-06ac-42ac-9e01-6287471bb85a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A970"
source_hash: "cdf907b37cd08dfe08d17bd0665a07375e1a1855b46a595c96580ec040861b33"
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 970 (2023-2024) — Relates to the restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses

Provides for oversight of the use of mandatory overtime during an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **A970** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A970&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aileen Gunther — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- John Lemondes — cosponsor (person)
- Karl Brabenec — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Blankenbush — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED
- **2023-01-24** RULES REPORT CAL.43
- **2023-01-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.43
- **2023-01-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-24** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S850
- **2023-01-30** 3RD READING CAL.59
- **2023-01-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.27 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed121a38-06ac-42ac-9e01-6287471bb85a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).