---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees"
description: "Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement; relates to the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8795"
citation: "New York S 8795 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Comrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683b7077-495c-4c82-a70a-ccca61153af7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8795"
source_hash: "b69ff849936a6538ebd85f1f38bd135eb92c57dc258de8d0ec0492d8592b7ef8"
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 8795 (2025-2026) — Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees

Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8795&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leroy Comrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.27
- **2026-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9466
- **2026-01-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.46
- **2026-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.72 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/683b7077-495c-4c82-a70a-ccca61153af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).