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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to protections for freelance workers; repealer"
description: "Relates to contracted compensation payments; provides for the payment of freelance workers as independent contractors, including requiring written contracts; timely payment of compensation and handling controversies relating to payment, complaint procedures, and penalties; excludes construction contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8039"
citation: "New York S 8039 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4222e902-22b0-4c99-9a5f-57d62fdd2490"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8039"
source_hash: "10fe9f83a1db8f8c16cbbb0412a688e895b13da85574d4839428e547d3feee88"
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 8039 (2023-2024) — Relates to protections for freelance workers; repealer
Relates to contracted compensation payments; provides for the payment of freelance workers as independent contractors, including requiring written contracts; timely payment of compensation and handling controversies relating to payment, complaint procedures, and penalties; excludes construction contracts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S8039** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8039&term=2023&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Rules Vote — **17–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **46–13** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.39
- **2024-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-29** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8535
- **2024-02-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.316
- **2024-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** SIGNED CHAP.98 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4222e902-22b0-4c99-9a5f-57d62fdd2490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).