STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6821 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1410 of the general business law, 2 as added by chapter 98 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. (a) "Hiring party" means any person who retains a freelance worker 5 to provide any service, other than: 6 [(a)] (i) the United States government; 7 [(b)] (ii) the state of New York, including any office, department, 8 agency, authority or other body of the state including the legislature 9 and the judiciary; 10 [(c)] (iii) a municipality, including any office, department, agency 11 or other body of a municipality; or 12 [(d)] (iv) any foreign government. 13 (b) For the purpose of this article, the term "hiring party" shall not 14 include a payroll agency that provides payroll services on behalf of 15 another person or organization. 16 § 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