Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 28, 2021 |
signed chap.14 |
Jan 27, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jan 25, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.12 substituted for a976 |
Jan 25, 2021 |
substituted by s876 |
Jan 14, 2021 |
advanced to third reading cal.12 |
Jan 12, 2021 |
reported |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to banks |
Assembly Bill A976
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SEAWRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S876 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
William Colton
2021-A976 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S876
- Law Section:
- Financial Services
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.8721 & A.6070-A)
2021-A976 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs a study of the status of consumer awareness and financial education in New York state to instead require that the department of financial services website provide information to enhance consumer financial literacy and consumer awareness which shall include information on basic banking and personal financial management, how credit scores are determined and ways to establish good credit, options for investing and increasing savings, best practices for protecting personal information, and any other topics deemed appropriate by the superintendent.
2021-A976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 976 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2020 directing the New York state department of financial services and the New York state depart- ment of state's consumer protection division to conduct a study on consumer awareness and financial education in New York state and making recommendations for a consumer awareness and financial education program, in relation to consumer financial literacy educa- tion THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2020, directing the New York state department of financial services and the New York state department of state's consumer protection division to conduct a study on consumer awareness and financial education in New York state and making recommendations for a consumer awareness and financial education program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8721 and A.6070-A, is amended to read as follows: Section 1. The superintendent of financial services[, in conjunction with the commissioner of the New York state department of state are hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of the status of consumer awareness and financial education in New York state and to provide recommendations for a consumer awareness and finan- cial education program for all New York state consumers. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of consumer and finan- cial education provided to New York state consumers, the amount of debt incurred by age, gender and location in New York state, access to bank- ing services by age, gender and location in New York state, and access to investment services by age, gender and location in New York state] SHALL PROVIDE, ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, INFORMATION TO ENHANCE CONSUMER FINANCIAL LITERACY AND CONSUMER AWARENESS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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