Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 16, 2021 |
signed chap.300 |
Jul 12, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 08, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.239 substituted for a7386 |
Jun 02, 2021 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 01, 2021 |
ordered to third reading cal.1409 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 20, 2021 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S6886
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 16th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - 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
2021-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7386
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §296, Exec L
2021-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that there is no exemption from the requirement of nondiscrimination in advertisements and inquiries for the rental of an apartment in an owner-occupied two-unit dwelling, or for the rental of rooms in an owner-occupied dwelling, and that engaging in discriminatory advertising or inquiries will cause the property to no longer be exempt from full coverage by the nondiscrimination provisions of the human rights law.
2021-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6886 SPONSOR: LIU TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing that there is no exemption from the requirement of nondiscrimination in advertise- ments and inquiries for the rental of an apartment in an owner-occupied two-unit dwelling, or for the rental of rooms in an owner-occupied dwelling, and that engaging in discriminatory advertising or inquiries will cause the property to no longer be exempt from full coverage by the nondiscrimination provisions of the human rights law PURPOSE OF THE BILL: The purpose of bill is to change the Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination in private housing such that (I) there will no longer be an exemption from the requirement of nondiscrimination in advertise- ments and inquiries for the rental of an apartment in an owner-occupied two-unit dwelling, and (2) that engaging in discriminatory advertising or inquiries will cause such property to no longer be exempt from full coverage by the nondiscrimination provisions of the Human Rights Law.
2021-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6886 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIU -- (at request of the Division of Human Rights) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing that there is no exemption from the requirement of nondiscrimination in adver- tisements and inquiries for the rental of an apartment in an owner-oc- cupied two-unit dwelling, or for the rental of rooms in an owner-occu- pied dwelling, and that engaging in discriminatory advertising or inquiries will cause the property to no longer be exempt from full coverage by the nondiscrimination provisions of the human rights law THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 296 of the exec- utive law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019 and subparagraphs 1, 2, and 3 as amended by section 4 of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner, lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing agent of, or other person having the right to sell, rent or lease a housing accommodation, constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof: (1) To refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such a housing accommodation because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disability, 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. (2) To discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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