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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5983: Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise

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 5983 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise. Primary sponsor: Mike Fitzpatrick (Republican). It lists 23 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.

Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 11 · Republican/Conservative 5 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 5 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mike FitzpatrickPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Anil BeephanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse105
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Dave DiPietroCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse147
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Jarett GandolfoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse7
Steve HawleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse139
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Brian MaherCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse101
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
John MikulinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Ed RaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Matt SimpsonCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse114
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102

“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. HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN LABOR
  3. REFERRED TO LABOR

Sources

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