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S 2844 New York Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates an employee lien

Summary
Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Assembly Passage
Jun 2019
Vetoed
Jan 2020
Introduced Jan 29, 2019 Vetoed Jan 1, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 14, 2019 · Assembly Jun 17, 2019

How they voted

41–20
Passed
Total votes 61
Jun 14, 2019
D Democratic39
39 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican22
2 Yea 20 Nay
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 1, 2020
Vetoed
VETOED MEMO.291
upper
Jun 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 14, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jun 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2844B
upper
Jun 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2844A
upper
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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