Assembly BillIntroduced
A 6259: Exempts daycare facility and childcare facility employers from providing for COVID-19 sick leave.
What A 6259 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the existing law regarding sick leave and employee benefits. It would exempt daycare facility and childcare facility employers from providing paid sick leave to their employees. The amendments would take effect immediately, but the existing provisions would expire and be repealed on the same date.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to labor (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6259
- What is the current status of A 6259?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 6259 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to labor".
- Did A 6259 pass?
- Not yet. A 6259 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6259, and where is it now?
- A 6259 was authored by Asm. Karl Brabenec. Its committee of record is Assembly Labor.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to labor |
| Feb. 27, 2025 | referred to labor |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 27, 2025 · 305 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6259 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend chapter 25 of the laws of 2020, providing requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19, in relation to exempting daycare facility and childcare facility employers from providing for COVID-19 sick leave The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 25 of the laws of 2 2020, providing requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain 3 employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or 4 precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19, is 5 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 6 (f) Daycare facility or childcare facility employers are exempt from 7 the requirement of this chapter to provide paid sick leave to their 8 employees. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 10 the amendments to section 1 of chapter 25 of the laws of 2020, providing 11 requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee bene- 12 fits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order 13 of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19, made by section one of this 14 act shall expire on the same date as such section and shall be deemed 15 repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08862-01-5
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