---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to paid family leave benefits"
description: "Extends paid family leave benefits to employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 4727"
citation: "New York A 4727 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry B. Bronson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ed094a-f417-4f4d-a326-cd8039aeffa8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4727"
source_hash: "8d1d6944b88401ad53623fd13e52272fd30a6d88b5b629fd2dfba91e36219698"
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 4727 (2025-2026) — Relates to paid family leave benefits

Extends paid family leave benefits to employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4727&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–10** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **56–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harry B. Bronson — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** REPORTED
- **2025-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.42
- **2025-04-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-04-02** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S50
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1189
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.651 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34ed094a-f417-4f4d-a326-cd8039aeffa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).