---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the definition of the term employee for purposes of the human rights law; and repeals section 296-b of the executive law, relating to unlawful discriminatory practices relating to domestic workers"
description: "Relates to the definition of the term \"employee\" for purposes of the human rights law; relates to unlawful discriminatory practices relating to domestic workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5064"
citation: "New York S 5064 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RAMOS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3dd43d-28dc-476e-b429-df333de6712d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5064"
source_hash: "789b898a1ccc4c83acaf98c19870e3b3aec1dfc05d9f5b361975fbc3aae969b0"
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 5064 (2021-2022) — Relates to the definition of the term employee for purposes of the human rights law; and repeals section 296-b of the executive law, relating to unlawful discriminatory practices relating to domestic workers

Relates to the definition of the term "employee" for purposes of the human rights law; relates to unlawful discriminatory practices relating to domestic workers.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5064&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **105–44** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **47–16** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RAMOS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.475
- **2021-03-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-12** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8007
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.781
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-31** SIGNED CHAP.830 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-31** APPROVAL MEMO.168

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3dd43d-28dc-476e-b429-df333de6712d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).