A 6480 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act"

Summary

Establishes the "no severance ultimatums act", which prevents employers from giving coercive ultimatums to employees or former employees relating to severance agreements.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Feb 26, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

A6480 → A6480A · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to add four new sponsors and update the committee process. The substantive changes to the 'No Severance Ultimatums Act' include redefining 'severance agreement' to clarify it applies to agreements requiring employees to waive claims, changing the consideration period from 'business days' to 'calendar days', and allowing waivers of the notice requirements for agreements negotiated under collective bargaining agreements.

Scope change

The bill now applies to severance agreements that require employees to release waivable claims against their employer, and the notice requirements can be waived for agreements negotiated under collective bargaining agreements.

ELIGIBILITY

Added four new sponsors (Taylor, Colton, Jacobson) to the bill.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the consideration period from 'business days' to 'calendar days' for employees to review severance agreements.

Added provision allowing collective bargaining agreements to waive the notice requirements of the severance ultimatum provisions.

DEFINITION

Added a new definition for 'severance agreement' to clarify it applies to agreements requiring employees to waive claims upon separation.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill number from A6480 to A6480--A and changed committee status from referred to discharged and recommitted.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 6480A

lower

Jun 5, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO LABOR

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors