---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the secure choice savings program"
description: "Ensures that employees are automatically enrolled into the secure choice savings program and if they do not want to participate in the program, they must opt out."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3213"
citation: "New York A 3213 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RODRIGUEZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a41395d6-8c2b-480b-a2f8-f14cc9487e54"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3213"
source_hash: "0000f448c9f7a58e825dd36366a77eb5bb3680c5546e538d6f974a178af036b7"
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 3213 (2021-2022) — Relates to the secure choice savings program

Ensures that employees are automatically enrolled into the secure choice savings program and if they do not want to participate in the program, they must opt out.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3213&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A3213A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3213A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **125–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RODRIGUEZ — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKES — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SEPTIMO — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** PRINT NUMBER 3213A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** REPORTED
- **2021-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.299
- **2021-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-11** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5395A
- **2021-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1450
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-21** SIGNED CHAP.452 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a41395d6-8c2b-480b-a2f8-f14cc9487e54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).