Assembly Bill A6821

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts payroll agencies from the definition of hiring party for certain purposes

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A6821 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1410, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10649

2025-A6821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts a payroll agency that provides payroll services on behalf of another person or organization from the definition of hiring party.

2025-A6821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6821
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  exempting
   payroll  agencies  from  the  definition  of  hiring party for certain
   purposes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 1410 of the general business law,
 as added by chapter 98 of the laws  of  2024,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  (A) "Hiring party" means any person who retains a freelance worker
 to provide any service, other than:
   [(a)] (I) the United States government;
   [(b)] (II) the state of New York, including  any  office,  department,
 agency,  authority  or other body of the state including the legislature
 and the judiciary;
   [(c)] (III) a municipality, including any office,  department,  agency
 or other body of a municipality; or
   [(d)] (IV) any foreign government.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "HIRING PARTY" SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE  A  PAYROLL  AGENCY  THAT PROVIDES PAYROLL SERVICES ON BEHALF OF
 ANOTHER PERSON OR ORGANIZATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10274-01-5

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