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A 8127: Enacts the "construction laborer insurance protection act (CLIPA)"; requires every policy or contract of insurance issued to an owner, contractor or subcontractor performing the work of erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, or cleaning of a building, structure or edifice to provide coverage for bodily injury and death of workers.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 9, 2026

What A 8127 does, verified January 9, 2026

The Construction Laborer Insurance Protection Act (CLIPA) requires insurance policies to cover injuries to and deaths of workers. The law applies to contractors, subcontractors, and owners of buildings, structures, or edifices. The policies must provide coverage for bodily injury and death, including activities protected by the Labor Law, without excluding or limiting such coverage. The law takes effect 90 days after it becomes a law.

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Last action: referred to insurance (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8127
What is the current status of A 8127?
As of January 9, 2026, A 8127 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 insurance".
Did A 8127 pass?
Not yet. A 8127 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 8127, and where is it now?
A 8127 was authored by Asm. David Weprin. Its committee of record is Assembly Insurance.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to insurance
May. 01, 2025referred to insurance
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 1, 2025 · 256 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8127 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance policies obtained by contractors, subcontractors and owners to cover injuries to and deaths of workers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the 2 "construction laborer insurance protection act (CLIPA)". 3 § 2. Section 3420 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 4 subsection (k) to read as follows: 5 (k) Notwithstanding any other law, regulation or rule to the contrary, 6 every policy or contract of insurance issued to an owner, contractor or 7 subcontractor performing the work of erection, demolition, repairing, 8 altering, painting, or cleaning of a building, structure or edifice 9 shall provide coverage for bodily injury and death and shall not exclude 10 or limit from coverage any activities protected by article ten of the 11 labor law or exclude or limit such coverage to any person protected by 12 article ten of the labor law. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11654-01-5 
Text of A 8127 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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