# New York A 4938: Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians

New York A 4938, Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Dana Levenberg (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-19 (APPROVAL MEMO.34) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York A 4938
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Last action: 2025-12-19, APPROVAL MEMO.34
- Sponsor: Dana Levenberg (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Subjects: LABOR
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (208 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Paid safety training for tower workers: benefit, low. Effective immediately upon enactment, the law covers New York state tower-services contracts between state agencies or subdivisions and private entities. Tower technicians employed by bidders, contractors, and subcontractors must receive training during work hours without losing pay. Training cover…
- New disclosure duties for tower contractors: cost, low. Effective immediately upon enactment, bidders for covered New York state tower-services contracts must list all contractors and subcontractors. Bid disclosures include identification numbers, state and federal tax IDs, and license numbers, categories, and expiration dates. They also include the wor…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dana Levenberg (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Al Taylor (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Hevesi (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Angelo J. Morinello (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Angelo Santabarbara (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Burdick (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christopher Eachus (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Demond Meeks (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Doug Smith (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: George Alvarez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jerett Gandolfo (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jodi Giglio (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joe DeStefano (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Lemondes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Zaccaro Jr. (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jonathan Jacobson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Josh Jensen (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Karen McMahon (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Karines Reyes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kwani O'Pharrow (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lester Chang (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Micah Lasher (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Benedetto (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Durso (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nader Sayegh (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paula Kay (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Phara Souffrant Forrest (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Philip Ramos (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rebecca Seawright (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sarah Clark (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sarahana Shrestha (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Stern (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William Colton (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William Conrad, House
- Cosponsor: Zohran Mamdani (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-09 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 61 | 1 |   |
| 2025-05-05 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 147 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-12-19: APPROVAL MEMO.34 (House)
- 2025-12-19: SIGNED CHAP.652 (House)
- 2025-12-08: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (House)
- 2025-06-09: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: 3RD READING CAL.1682 (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: SUBSTITUTED FOR S2709 (Senate)
- 2025-05-05: REFERRED TO LABOR (Senate)
- 2025-05-05: DELIVERED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-05-05: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-05-01: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.114 (House)
- 2025-04-30: REPORTED (House)
- 2025-02-10: REFERRED TO LABOR (House)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-02-10: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4938)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4938)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A4938-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).