Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act"
Summary
Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act", which prevents employers from giving coercive ultimatums to employees or former employees relating to severance agreements.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Assembly Passage
Jun 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Last action Jun 1, 2026
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What changed between versions
S372
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S372A
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to add a co-sponsor and update its legislative status. Substantively, the bill redefined 'severance agreement' to include governmental agencies and changed the notice period from 'business days' to 'calendar days' for employees to consider and revoke severance offers.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include governmental agencies under the definition of an employer offering severance agreements.
SCOPE
Added Senator Webb as a co-sponsor and updated the bill's status to reflect it has passed the Senate and returned to the Assembly.
DEFINITION
Added a new definition for 'severance agreement' to clarify that it applies to agreements offered by employers, including governmental agencies, upon separation of employment.
REQUIREMENT
Changed the required consideration period from 'twenty-one business days' to 'twenty-one calendar days' and the revocation period from 'seven days' to 'seven calendar days'.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2025 · Assembly Jun 1, 2026
How they voted
41–20
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 63
Mar 4, 2025
D
Democratic41
95% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jun 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
upper
Jun 12, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 372A
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Gianaris
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Lea Webb
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Robert Jackson
DDemocratic/Working Families
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