republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-4394.md

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Bill	Relates to retaliatory actions by employers	Provides protection to employees and former employees from retaliatory actions by employers for the reporting of illegal or dangerous business activities.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 4394	New York S 4394 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	RAMOS	2	14	3	2021-02-04	2021-10-28	openstates	ocd-bill/07e562c0-08e6-411e-8667-0f54bcdc5d24	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4394	b9eb26df7425c3e93297ddff767a4f775a09e7f9f434552f4c66d3287ede87f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 4394 (2021-2022) — Relates to retaliatory actions by employers

Provides protection to employees and former employees from retaliatory actions by employers for the reporting of illegal or dangerous business activities.

Version chain

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

1. S4394 (committee substitute) — source
2. S4394A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Labor Vote — 10–3 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 44–19 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 110–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• RAMOS — primary (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 REFERRED TO LABOR referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 1ST REPORT CAL.1112
• 2021-05-20 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2021-05-24 AMENDED (T) 4394A
• 2021-05-24 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2021-06-02 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-02 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-06-02 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2021-06-07 SUBSTITUTED FOR A5144A
• 2021-06-07 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.433
• 2021-06-10 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-06-10 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2021-10-22 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-10-28 SIGNED CHAP.522 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07e562c0-08e6-411e-8667-0f54bcdc5d24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).