---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires employers to include an opioid antagonist where first aid kits are required by federal law"
description: "Requires employers to include an opioid antagonist where first aid kits are required by federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 2725"
citation: "New York A 2725 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b98f212-ca43-4425-ad7d-c45709ea38f6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2725"
source_hash: "9d2482faf5ff8ea6a46afca76a5f3de4f4a07493495aad056ed0e8bb044341df"
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 2725 (2025-2026) — Requires employers to include an opioid antagonist where first aid kits are required by federal law

Requires employers to include an opioid antagonist where first aid kits are required by federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2725** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2725&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A2725A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A2725A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **52–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** PRINT NUMBER 2725A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** REPORTED
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.111
- **2025-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-05** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5922A
- **2025-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1119
- **2025-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.621 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-12** APPROVAL MEMO.16

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b98f212-ca43-4425-ad7d-c45709ea38f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).