---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting certain wage differentials"
description: "Prohibits wage differentials based on protected class status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5248"
citation: "New York S 5248 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-18"
last_action: "2019-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e9846c6-850b-4533-8fc1-3d4f60f2ca91"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5248"
source_hash: "bd46bda28ec20f872d1e8f5441f866deebd3779265e4f449bae2d3ac9e5203ab"
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 5248 (2019-2020) — Relates to prohibiting certain wage differentials

Prohibits wage differentials based on protected class status.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5248&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5248A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5248A)
3. **S5248B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5248B)

## Votes

- Labor Vote — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.641
- **2019-05-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5248A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5248B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8093A
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.470
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-10** SIGNED CHAP.93 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e9846c6-850b-4533-8fc1-3d4f60f2ca91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).