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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 496: Relates to the commissioner's duty to ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in employment contracts

Passed one chamber 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 496 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate 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: Nathalia Fernández (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A618.

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 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nathalia FernándezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
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. SUBSTITUTED BY A618
  2. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  4. 1ST REPORT CAL.130
  5. REFERRED TO LABOR
  6. RETURNED TO SENATE
  7. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  8. REFERRED TO LABOR
  9. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  10. PASSED SENATE
  11. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  12. 2ND REPORT CAL.

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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