# New York S 372: Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act"

New York S 372, Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act", is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Michael Gianaris (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-06-01 (RETURNED TO SENATE) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 372
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act"
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2026-06-01, RETURNED TO SENATE
- Sponsor: Michael Gianaris (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: LABOR, CODES
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (270 yes, 93 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Michael Gianaris (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-01 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 110 | 29 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 42 | 17 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | committee | Labor Committee Vote | pass | 10 | 2 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 41 | 18 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 15 | 5 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 41 | 20 |   |
| 2025-03-03 | committee | Labor Committee Vote | pass | 11 | 2 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2026-06-01: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2026-06-01: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2026-02-26: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.160 (House)
- 2026-02-26: SUBSTITUTED FOR A6480A (House)
- 2026-02-11: REFERRED TO CODES (House)
- 2026-02-11: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: 1ST REPORT CAL.190 (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: REFERRED TO LABOR (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2026-01-07: DIED IN ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO CODES (House)
- 2025-06-12: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: REPASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 372A (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-09: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: REFERRED TO LABOR (House)
- 2025-03-04: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.442 (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: REFERRED TO LABOR (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment A, 2025-06-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S372A)
- Original, 2024-12-30: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S372)

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## Sources
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S372A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S372)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S372-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).