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S 7433: Prohibits employers from requiring certain conditions or preconditions of employment.
What S 7433 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to protect employees from certain conditions or preconditions of employment imposed by their employers. Employers cannot require employees to waive, arbitrate, or diminish any existing or future claims, rights, or benefits under state or federal laws. This protection does not apply to contracts or agreements negotiated with labor unions through collective bargaining. The bill takes effect 90 days after it becomes a law, allowing for a transition period for employers and employees to adapt to the new regulations.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (2025-04-16)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7433
- What is the current status of S 7433?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 7433 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on April 16, 2025, was "REFERRED TO JUDICIARY".
- Did S 7433 pass?
- Not yet. S 7433 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7433, and where is it now?
- S 7433 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Judiciary.
Author and sponsors
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| Apr. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 16, 2025 · 326 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7433 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judici- ary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to prohibiting employers from requiring certain conditions or preconditions of employment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new 2 section 5-338 to read as follows: 3 § 5-338. Conditions and preconditions of employment. 1. As used in 4 this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (a) "Employer" means any person, either individual, corporation, part- 6 nership, agency, or firm, that employs an employee and includes any 7 person, either individual, corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, 8 acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation 9 to an employee; and 10 (b) "Employee" means any person employed by or suffered or permitted 11 to work for an employer. 12 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no employer 13 shall require as a condition or precondition of employment that any 14 employee or person seeking employment waive, arbitrate, or otherwise 15 diminish any existing or future claim, right, or benefit to which the 16 employee or person seeking employment would otherwise be entitled under 17 any provision of any New York state or federal law. 18 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts or 19 agreements negotiated with any labor union through collective bargain- 20 ing. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 22 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01725-01-5
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