Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-5791.md
T
2026-07-06 17:28:03 -04:00

72 lines
2.9 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for penalties for discrimination or retaliation against immigrant employees"
description: "Establishes penalties for threatening, penalizing, or in any other manner discriminating or retaliating against any employee, including but not limited to contacting United States immigration authorities or otherwise threatening to report an employee's suspected citizenship or immigration status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5791"
citation: "New York S 5791 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RAMOS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-15"
last_action: "2019-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/262e2394-429c-4b78-be9d-d50ee54b2633"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5791"
source_hash: "9b44f4aff519213d5b932128b8835aa835182b3a4d2a8faf139e6c543f6687c6"
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 5791 (2019-2020) — Provides for penalties for discrimination or retaliation against immigrant employees
Establishes penalties for threatening, penalizing, or in any other manner discriminating or retaliating against any employee, including but not limited to contacting United States immigration authorities or otherwise threatening to report an employee's suspected citizenship or immigration status.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S5791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5791&term=2019&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Labor Vote — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–42** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- RAMOS — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-15** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.1117
- **2019-06-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5501
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.196
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-27** SIGNED CHAP.126 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/262e2394-429c-4b78-be9d-d50ee54b2633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).