---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requirements regarding employers including opioid antagonists where first aid kits are required by federal law"
description: "Relates to requirements regarding employers including opioid antagonists where first aid kits are required by federal law; amends the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9453"
citation: "New York A 9453 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b321906-26a7-4285-a7cb-c00e27daf84d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9453"
source_hash: "c399163e486cd39fcd1af6b8860d637f6068995bee806be5eeca9061d9451336"
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 9453 (2025-2026) — Relates to requirements regarding employers including opioid antagonists where first aid kits are required by federal law

Relates to requirements regarding employers including opioid antagonists where first aid kits are required by federal law; amends the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9453&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **55–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** REPORTED
- **2026-01-21** RULES REPORT CAL.42
- **2026-01-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.42
- **2026-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8770
- **2026-01-29** 3RD READING CAL.66
- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b321906-26a7-4285-a7cb-c00e27daf84d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).