---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians"
description: "Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 4938"
citation: "New York A 4938 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dana Levenberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8001cda-f083-4ced-969d-667700dab7e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4938"
source_hash: "5a42048874f7bbac23516ca73600e7b121ba13c4bdc7eadf65ce76dc3066460d"
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 4938 (2025-2026) — Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians

Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4938&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dana Levenberg — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo J. Morinello — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Smith — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Jerett Gandolfo — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- John Lemondes — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
- Lester Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Benedetto — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** REPORTED
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.114
- **2025-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-05** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2709
- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1682
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.652 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8001cda-f083-4ced-969d-667700dab7e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).