A 8947 New York Assembly · 2023 Regular Session

Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Sep 2024
Introduced Jan 30, 2024 Signed Sep 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 7, 2024 · Assembly Jun 3, 2024

How they voted

4119
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 62
Jun 7, 2024
D Democratic41
40 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican21
1 Yea 19 Nay 1
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Amendments
5
Sep 5, 2024
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.308
lower
Jun 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8947C
lower
May 7, 2024
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8947B
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
lower
Mar 19, 2024
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Mar 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8947A
lower
Mar 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
lower
1 primary · 37 co-sponsors

Sponsors