All Roll Calls
Yes: 214 • No: 16
New YorkS 7402025-2026 Regular SessionSenate
Requires retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
Sponsored By: Jessica Ramos (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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Emergency help buttons for retail workers
Beginning January 1, 2027, New York private employers with at least 500 retail employees statewide must provide silent response buttons. Every retail worker must have access at their work location to request immediate help from security, a manager, or a supervisor. Employers can use fixed buttons, wearable devices, or phone-based buttons installed only on employer-provided equipment. Wearable and phone-based buttons cannot track workers' locations unless triggered.
New safety protections for retail workers
The law requires New York private employers with at least 10 retail employees to adopt written workplace violence prevention policies. Government employers and establishments mainly selling food for on-site eating are excluded. These requirements take effect on the 270th day after enactment. Employers must use state models or policies and interactive training that meet or exceed state standards. Policies must address violence risks, prevention, incident reporting, legal remedies, and protection against retaliation. Workers must receive the policy at hire and annually. Training is required at hire, then yearly for employers with at least 50 retail employees statewide; smaller covered employers train every two years. Training covers self-protection, de-escalation, active-shooter drills, emergency steps, safety devices, supervisor duties, and past security issues. Employers must explain each site's emergency exits and meeting places. Written policy and training notices are required at hire and each annual training, in English and the worker's identified primary language. The state must provide templates in the 12 most common non-English languages among New Yorkers with limited English proficiency. English-only notice is allowed when no state template exists; employers are not penalized for errors in state translations. The Labor Department must evaluate its model materials beginning in 2027 and every four years afterward, updating them as needed.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jessica Ramos
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/4/2025
Assembly floor vote
Yes: 137 • No: 9
Senate vote • 2/3/2025
FLOOR Vote
Yes: 57 • No: 6
committee vote • 1/13/2025
Rules Committee Vote
Yes: 20 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
SIGNED CHAP.72
2/14/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
2/12/2025SenateRETURNED TO SENATE
2/4/2025HousePASSED ASSEMBLY
2/4/2025HouseORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.80
2/4/2025HouseSUBSTITUTED FOR A1678
2/4/2025HouseREFERRED TO CODES
2/3/2025HouseDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2/3/2025SenatePASSED SENATE
2/3/2025SenateORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.15
1/13/2025SenateREFERRED TO RULES
1/8/2025Senate
Bill Text
Original
1/6/2025
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