---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"trapped at work act\""
description: "Enacts the \"trapped at work act\"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 584"
citation: "New York A 584 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phil Steck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a547a03-1598-4b2c-aabf-1570acc2ea5d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A584"
source_hash: "21e5d30ce24ef29c6720a8e4fce64bba22facc74ad9847c53168dcf0ded77319"
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 584 (2025-2026) — Enacts the "trapped at work act"

Enacts the "trapped at work act"; prohibits the use of employment promissory notes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A584** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A584&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A584A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A584A)
3. **A584B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A584B)
4. **A584C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A584C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **38–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phil Steck — primary (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** PRINT NUMBER 584A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** PRINT NUMBER 584B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 584C `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.411
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.411
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4070B
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1618
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.643 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a547a03-1598-4b2c-aabf-1570acc2ea5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).