---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the reasonable accommodation anti-retaliation act"
description: "Relates to prohibiting retaliation against individuals who request a reasonable accommodation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3398"
citation: "New York S 3398 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d0601f-48bb-4c26-9c1c-d1cd40a5ed91"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3398"
source_hash: "017dc63faf20f7cb1899c9690ec67192eebbd6a2fe1e020ab58b3a9e0e2e424d"
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 3398 (2025-2026) — Relates to enacting the reasonable accommodation anti-retaliation act

Relates to prohibiting retaliation against individuals who request a reasonable accommodation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3398&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1481
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4898
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.719
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.600 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4d0601f-48bb-4c26-9c1c-d1cd40a5ed91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).