# New York S 739: Relates to payroll records submitted by contractors and sub-contractors for public work contracts and the establishment of an online database of electronic certified payroll records

New York S 739, Relates to payroll records submitted by contractors and sub-contractors for public work contracts and the establishment of an online database of electronic certified payroll records, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jessica Ramos (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-02-14 (SIGNED CHAP.71) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 739
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to payroll records submitted by contractors and sub-contractors for public work contracts and the establishment of an online database of electronic certified payroll records
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-02-14, SIGNED CHAP.71
- Sponsor: Jessica Ramos (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: RULES, LABOR
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (226 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Public payroll access gets a later deadline: mixed, low. The law moves New York's public-work payroll database deadline from December 31, 2024, to December 31, 2025. The database must be public, searchable by groups of payroll records, and exclude personal identifying information. New York City's mayor can choose a city database by notifying the state la…
- Electronic payroll filing with strict contractor rules: mixed, low. Public-work contractors and subcontractors can meet payroll transcript filing requirements with electronic records that follow the state's electronic payroll rules. With this option, the responsible agency does not have to separately collect and keep those records. Contractors must keep original pa…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jessica Ramos (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 146 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-22 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 59 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-13 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 21 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-02-14: SIGNED CHAP.71 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-02-04: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-02-04: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.83 (House)
- 2025-02-04: SUBSTITUTED FOR A2433 (House)
- 2025-01-22: REFERRED TO LABOR (House)
- 2025-01-22: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.14 (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: REFERRED TO RULES (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-01-06: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S739)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S739)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S739-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).