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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence"
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description: "Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; directs the department of labor to produce a model workplace violence prevention training program; requires employers to provide training on such programs; requires the installation of panic buttons at certain workplaces or wearable or mobile phone-based panic buttons to be provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "A 8947"
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citation: "New York A 8947 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karines Reyes"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-30"
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last_action: "2024-09-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abfbdf3-35b6-446a-a202-47f63aa58c5f"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8947"
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source_hash: "c22070c517c431e11c00dcfde3f0337d711d7a07c267955eebbac2bff987d734"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 8947 (2023-2024) — Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
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Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; directs the department of labor to produce a model workplace violence prevention training program; requires employers to provide training on such programs; requires the installation of panic buttons at certain workplaces or wearable or mobile phone-based panic buttons to be provided.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A8947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8947&term=2023&Text=Y)
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2. **A8947A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8947A)
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3. **A8947B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8947B)
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4. **A8947C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8947C)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote - Version: C — **41–19** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **102–43** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karines Reyes — primary (person)
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- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
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- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
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- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
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- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
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- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
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- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
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- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
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- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
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- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
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- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
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- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert C. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
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- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
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- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
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- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
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- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-30** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-15** PRINT NUMBER 8947A `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-21** PRINT NUMBER 8947B `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-07** REPORTED
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- **2024-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.468
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- **2024-05-21** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8947C `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8358C
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- **2024-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1055
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- **2024-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2024-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-09-05** SIGNED CHAP.308 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-05** APPROVAL MEMO.6
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abfbdf3-35b6-446a-a202-47f63aa58c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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