republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-3958.md

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Bill	Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers	Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; provides that such guide shall be available on the websites of the state office for the aging, the department of labor and the department of state.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2017-2018	A 3958	New York A 3958 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	DINOWITZ	2	14	2	2017-01-30	2018-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/26220186-ea76-4359-9eeb-71614e53598b	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A3958	4efa8effd5b40e53d781ae12bfc5de299f521d8191f26276bffc0670afb65ece	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 3958 (2017-2018) — Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers

Requires the provision of guides containing best practices for retaining employees who are informal caregivers; provides that such guide shall be available on the websites of the state office for the aging, the department of labor and the department of state.

Version chain

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

1. A3958 HTML (committee substitute) — source
2. A3958 PDF (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 128–5 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 60–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DINOWITZ — primary (person)
• GALEF — cosponsor (person)
• SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 REFERRED TO AGING referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2017-05-23 REPORTED
• 2017-05-25 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.512
• 2018-01-03 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.300
• 2018-03-19 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2018-03-19 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2018-03-19 REFERRED TO AGING referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 SUBSTITUTED FOR S8739
• 2018-06-06 3RD READING CAL.1622
• 2018-06-06 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2018-06-06 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2018-09-20 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2018-10-02 SIGNED CHAP.309 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26220186-ea76-4359-9eeb-71614e53598b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).