---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians; repealer"
description: "Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring that all tower technicians performing work pursuant to a contract with a state agency complete training requirements determined by the office of general services prior to commencing work pursuant to such contracts; repeals legislative intent relating to such tower technician protections; relates to the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8818"
citation: "New York S 8818 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel May"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe570c5-0394-4e15-9a68-9f367e904494"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8818"
source_hash: "2c4144bc55202f28f39d242783c41513a0edd2de740edd8adfd65ff40d5e604b"
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 8818 (2025-2026) — Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians; repealer

Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring that all tower technicians performing work pursuant to a contract with a state agency complete training requirements determined by the office of general services prior to commencing work pursuant to such contracts; repeals legislative intent relating to such tower technician protections; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8818&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **55–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rachel May — 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.38
- **2026-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9465
- **2026-02-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.86
- **2026-02-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-03-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** SIGNED CHAP.95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fe570c5-0394-4e15-9a68-9f367e904494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).