New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S28 — Relates to the minimum wage for employees with disabilities

Last action — In Senate Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO DISABILITIES

  2. REFERRED TO LABOR

  3. PRINT NUMBER 28C

  4. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

  5. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  6. PRINT NUMBER 28B

  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO DISABILITIES

  8. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO DISABILITIES

  9. PRINT NUMBER 28A

  10. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

  11. REFERRED TO LABOR

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Committee vote — Labor

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Christopher Ryan — Yea
James Sanders Jr. — Yea
James Skoufis — Yea
Jeremy Zellner — Yea
Jessica Ramos — Yea
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — Yea
Mario Mattera — Yea
Nathalia Fernandez — Yea
Peter Oberacker — Yea
Robert Jackson — Yea
Robert Rolison — Yea
Shelley Mayer — Yea
Steve Rhoads — Yea

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Committee vote — Labor

Passed 12 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12100
Total 12100
% of votes cast 92%8%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Christopher Ryan — Yea
James Sanders Jr. — Nay
James Skoufis — Yea
Jessica Ramos — Yea
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — Yea
Mario Mattera — Yea
Nathalia Fernandez — Yea
Peter Oberacker — Yea
Robert Jackson — Yea
Robert Rolison — Yea
Sean Ryan — Yea
Shelley Mayer — Yea
Steve Rhoads — Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does S28 do?
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
Who sponsors S28?
S28 is sponsored by James Skoufis.
What is the current status of S28?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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