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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 28: Relates to the minimum wage for employees with disabilities

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

S 28 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the minimum wage for employees with disabilities. Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 21, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO DISABILITIES.

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. 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

Sources

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