---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the recognition of the establishment of a workplace safety committee by an employer"
description: "Requires an employer to recognize the establishment of a workplace safety committee within fifteen business days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 848"
citation: "New York S 848 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eb3723d-f004-41ea-9130-a59a97575ed5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S848"
source_hash: "0d89e83aecedfabe12c55a6119663165e85a0f18888a251efe390906c9e9fe6c"
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 848 (2023-2024) — Relates to the recognition of the establishment of a workplace safety committee by an employer

Requires an employer to recognize the establishment of a workplace safety committee within fifteen business days.

## Version chain

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

1. **S848** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S848&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–48** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **55–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.57
- **2023-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-23** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1284
- **2023-01-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.54
- **2023-02-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-02-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.87 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eb3723d-f004-41ea-9130-a59a97575ed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).