A 7781 — Relates to providing reforms to the New York state worker adjustment and retraining notification act; repealer
Congress · introduced 2025-04-10
Removes the exclusion of part-time employees from certain definitions relating to employment and expanding the definition of employer; removes certain exclusions for employer notice requirements for the closing of a facility; removes the discretionary reduction of penalties for employers for certain acts or omissions concerning notice requirements for mass layoffs, relocations or employment loss; removes the maximum time period for determining back pay and other liabilities for certain employees who experience employment loss; allows the attorney general to take certain action to assist certain employees in receiving back pay and other liabilities; requires employers to pay severance to employees when there is a plant closing, relocation, or mass layoff.
Latest action: 2026-02-24 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Harry B. Bronson (—, NY-138) — sponsor · 2025-04-10
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-04-10
- Al Taylor (—, NY-71) — cosponsor · 2025-04-10
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO LABOR
- · assembly — REFERRED TO LABOR
- · assembly — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 7781A
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-10 | Jo Anne Simon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-10 | Al Taylor | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-10 | Harry B. Bronson | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry B. Bronson (—, state_lower NY-138) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Al Taylor (—, state_lower NY-71) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-04-10 · cosponsored by Al Taylor (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-10 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-10 · sponsored by Harry B. Bronson (sponsor) · sponsorship