New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S4465: Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers
Status: In committee, January 7, 2026
Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.
What the bill says
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to restricting consecutive hours of work for health care workers.
From the introduced text, February 5, 2025:
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to restricting consecutive hours of work for health care workers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 1, 2, and 4 of section 167 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 815 of the laws of 2022, paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 27 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows: Restrictions on consecutive hours of work for nurses AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS. 1. When used in this section: a. "Health care employer" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or in the interest of the employer, which provides health care services (i) in a facility licensed or operated pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law, including any facility operated by the state, a political subdivision or a public corporation as defined by section sixtysix of the general construction law, or (ii) in a facility operated by the state, a political subdivision or a public corporation as defined by section sixty-six of the general construction law, operated or licensed pursuant to the mental hygiene law, the education …
Sponsors
- Shelley Mayer (D, 37) · primary sponsor
- April Baskin (D, 63)
- Samra Brouk (D, 55)
- Siela Bynoe (D, 6)
- Cordell Cleare (D, 30)
- Jeremy Cooney (D, 56)
- Nathalia Fernandez (D, 34)
- Patrick Gallivan (R, 60)
- Kristen Gonzalez (D, 59)
- Peter Harckham (D, 40)
- Michelle Hinchey (D, 41)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D, 47)
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO LABOR
- : REFERRED TO LABOR
Subjects: Labor Law
Common questions
- What is S4465?
- S4465 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers.
- What does S4465 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to restricting consecutive hours of work for health care workers.
- What is the status of S4465?
- In committee as of January 7, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO LABOR (January 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored S4465?
- Shelley Mayer (D, 37), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S4465?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4465
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