Amd §224-d, Lab L; amd §2, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.4881-A & A.2730-A)
Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to have apprenticeship agreements; relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law related thereto.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8752
IN SENATE
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring contractors and
subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable
energy systems to have apprenticeship agreements; and to amend a chap-
ter of the laws of 2025, amending the labor law relating to requiring
contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for
covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4881-A and A. 2730-A, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 224-d of the labor law, as amended
2 by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the labor law relating to
3 requiring contractors and subcontractors performing construction work
4 for covered renewable energy systems to use apprenticeship agreements,
5 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4881-A and A. 2730-A, is
6 amended to read as follows:
7 8. A covered renewable energy system shall require all contractors and
8 subcontractors performing construction work to [use] have apprenticeship
9 agreements, as defined by article twenty-three of this chapter, and any
10 thermal energy network covered by this section shall additionally
11 require such contractors and subcontractors to [use] have agreements
12 with pre-apprenticeship direct entry providers registered with the
13 department.
14 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the labor law
15 relating to requiring contractors and subcontractors performing
16 construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use appren-
17 ticeship agreements, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4881-A
18 and A. 2730-A, is amended to read as follows:
19 § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] September 1, 2026 and
20 shall apply to any covered renewable energy system awarded a contract
21 pursuant to an advertisement or solicitation of a request for proposal,
22 invitation for bid, or solicitation of proposal, or any other method
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 provided for by law or regulation for soliciting a response for offerors
2 intending to result in a contract that is issued on or after the effec-
3 tive date of this act.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
5 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
6 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the labor law
7 relating to requiring contractors and subcontractors performing
8 construction work for covered renewable energy systems to use appren-
9 ticeship agreements, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4881-A
10 and A. 2730-A, takes effect.
