---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides certain exemptions for individuals having entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and who are compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement"
description: "Provides certain exemptions for individuals having entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and who is compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement; includes exemptions under the labor law from minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements and under article 6 of the labor law including but not limited to, recordkeeping requirements, wage statement requirements, and weekly pay requirements for \"manual workers\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8602"
citation: "New York S 8602 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Ramos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966bcc1c-06e0-4198-9dc3-ff23eb297496"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8602"
source_hash: "9ff1394dc7cba2976a687d87e3cf3e0a211f4ed2d6b80f7e83fe12817d81609e"
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 8602 (2023-2024) — Provides certain exemptions for individuals having entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and who are compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement

Provides certain exemptions for individuals having entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and who is compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement; includes exemptions under the labor law from minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements and under article 6 of the labor law including but not limited to, recordkeeping requirements, wage statement requirements, and weekly pay requirements for "manual workers".

## Version chain

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

1. **S8602** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8602&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Labor Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jessica Ramos — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.1057
- **2024-05-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8984
- **2024-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.111
- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.391 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966bcc1c-06e0-4198-9dc3-ff23eb297496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).