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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4278: Enacts the Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 4278 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act. Primary sponsor: Jo Anne Simon (Democratic). It lists 70 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LABOR.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 49 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 2 · Democratic/Working Families 18 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jo Anne SimonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse52
George AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Khaleel AndersonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse31
Michael BenedettoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Pat BurkeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse142
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Pat CarrollCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse96
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Vivian CookCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Chris EachusCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Eddie GibbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse68
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Larinda HooksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse35
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Ron KimCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Micah LasherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Nikki LucasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Diana MorenoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse36
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Jenifer RajkumarCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Phil RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jon RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Nily RozicCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Tommy John SchiavoniCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse1
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Amanda SeptimoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse84
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Michaelle SolagesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Claire ValdezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse37
Latrice WalkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse55
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Jordan WrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO LABOR
  2. PRINT NUMBER 4278B
  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
  4. PRINT NUMBER 4278A
  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
  6. REFERRED TO LABOR

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source