Assembly Bill A4681

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to rental discrimination based upon consumer credit history

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A4681 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5935
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9049
2023-2024: A9531, S7278

2021-A4681 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to rental discrimination based upon consumer credit history; prohibits a person from refusing to rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons housing accommodations because of the consumer credit history of such person or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation is not available for rental or lease when in fact it is so available; defines consumer credit history.

2021-A4681 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4681
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to rental  discrimination
   based upon consumer credit history
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 39 to read as follows:
   39. THE TERM "CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY" MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  CREDIT
 WORTHINESS,  CREDIT  STANDING,  CREDIT  CAPACITY  OR PAYMENT HISTORY, AS
 INDICATED BY:
   (A) A CONSUMER CREDIT REPORT; OR
   (B) CREDIT SCORE.
   § 2. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 2-a of section 296  of
 the  executive  law,  as amended by section 3 of part T of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) (I) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to  deny  to  or
 withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations
 because  of  the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or expression, military status,  age,  sex,
 marital  status,  lawful  source  of  income  or familial status of such
 person or persons, or to represent that  any  housing  accommodation  or
 land is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact
 it is so available.
   (II)  TO  REFUSE  TO RENT OR LEASE OR OTHERWISE TO DENY TO OR WITHHOLD
 FROM ANY PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS  BECAUSE
 OF  THE  CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY OF SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS, OR TO REPRE-
 SENT THAT ANY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL OR LEASE
 WHEN IN FACT IT IS SO AVAILABLE.
   (b) To discriminate against any person because of  his  or  her  race,
 creed,  color,  disability,  national origin, sexual orientation, gender

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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