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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 618: Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in employment contracts

Passed both chambers 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 618 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in employment contracts. Primary sponsor: MaryJane Shimsky (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2026): RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY.

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.

Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
MaryJane ShimskyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
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. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  2. PASSED SENATE
  3. 3RD READING CAL.130
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR S496
  5. REFERRED TO LABOR
  6. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  7. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.227
  9. REPORTED
  10. REFERRED TO LABOR
  11. REFERRED TO LABOR

Sources

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