A 5589 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to the convening of a human services employee wage board

Summary

Relates to the convening of a human services employee wage board; requires the commissioner of labor to convene a human services employee wage board comprised of twelve members; requires the wage board to hold hearings and report and make recommendations to the governor and legislature no later than December 31, 2027.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

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Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action May 8, 2026

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What changed between versions

A5589 → A5589A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered to A5589-A and its legislative history was updated to reflect that it was amended, discharged from committee, and re-referred. The substantive text of the bill, which establishes a wage board to address pay disparities in the human services sector, remains unchanged.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the changes are administrative updates to the bill's status and number.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from '5589' to '5589--A' to indicate the amended version.

The legislative history was updated to show the bill was amended, discharged from committee, and re-referred to the Committee on Labor.

Additional sponsors (Griffin, Septimo, Romero, Alvarez, Rosenthal, Burroughs, Ramos, Meeks, Valdez, Paulin, Simon, and De Los Santos) were added to the list of sponsors.

Page and document identification numbers were updated to reflect the new version.

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Committee

Amendments

May 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 5589A

lower

May 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

lower

1 primary · 25 co-sponsors