---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes employees to petition an employer to apply to participate in a shared work program for purposes of avoiding a reduction in workforce or for purposes of re-hiring"
description: "Authorizes employees to petition an employer to apply to participate in a shared work program for purposes of avoiding a reduction in workforce or for purposes of re-hiring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 17"
citation: "New York S 17 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5745b1ac-4796-4e05-87cd-857940220f67"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S17"
source_hash: "8df1a65088f436e5fd7c2fd15b920587b8f97cd9bd8d99e5ef0dac4ab623abb6"
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 17 (2021-2022) — Authorizes employees to petition an employer to apply to participate in a shared work program for purposes of avoiding a reduction in workforce or for purposes of re-hiring

Authorizes employees to petition an employer to apply to participate in a shared work program for purposes of avoiding a reduction in workforce or for purposes of re-hiring.

## Version chain

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

1. **S17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S17&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S17A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S17A)

## Votes

- Labor Vote - Version: A — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **50–12** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** PRINT NUMBER 17A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.360
- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-01** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7373
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.473
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5745b1ac-4796-4e05-87cd-857940220f67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).