---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the secure choice savings program and participating individuals"
description: "Relates to the secure choice savings program and participating individuals; authorizes freelancers and the self-employed the option of enrolling in such program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2399"
citation: "New York S 2399 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2024-01-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df3cf3a-31b8-4bb8-932c-44a9b4c4820b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2399"
source_hash: "983a5ff8a7ab04f6498bf10de038f914bcf685443ac2a7a85499ea89252e62ab"
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 2399 (2023-2024) — Relates to the secure choice savings program and participating individuals

Relates to the secure choice savings program and participating individuals; authorizes freelancers and the self-employed the option of enrolling in such program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2399&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1462
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4529
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.691
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-26** SIGNED CHAP.776 `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-26** APPROVAL MEMO.95

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0df3cf3a-31b8-4bb8-932c-44a9b4c4820b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).