senate Bill S7730

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Increases required training for real estate brokers and real estate salespeople to prevent discrimination

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 24, 2022 signed chap.90
delivered to governor
Feb 14, 2022 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading cal.406
substituted for a8848
Jan 24, 2022 referred to judiciary
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 10, 2022 ordered to third reading cal.58
Jan 07, 2022 referred to rules

Votes

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Jan 24, 2022 - floor Vote

S7730
60
2
floor
60
Aye
2
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Jan 24, 2022

aye (60)
nay (2)
excused (1)

Jan 18, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

S7730
17
0
committee
17
Aye
0
Nay
3
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: Jan 18, 2022

aye (17)
aye wr (3)

Jan 10, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

S7730
17
0
committee
17
Aye
0
Nay
3
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: Jan 10, 2022

aye (17)
aye wr (3)

S7730 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8848
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §441, RP L; amd §5, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.2132-B & A.5359)

S7730 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the required training for real estate brokers and real estate salespeople relating to fair housing laws and housing discrimination; provides the secretary of state shall require approved faculty to sign and affirm under penalty of perjury a document approved by and submitted electronically attesting to compliance with requirements pertaining to the instruction of established curriculum.

S7730 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7730
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  real  property  law,  in  relation  to  increasing
   required  training for real estate brokers and real estate salespeople
   to prevent discrimination; and to amend a chapter of the laws of  2021
   amending  the real property law relating to increasing required train-
   ing for real estate brokers and real  estate  salespeople  to  prevent
   discrimination,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers A. 5359 and
   S. 2132-B, relating to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of
 section 441 of the real property law, as amended by  a  chapter  of  the
 laws  of  2021  amending  the  real  property law relating to increasing
 required training for real estate brokers and real estate salespeople to
 prevent discrimination, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A. 5359
 and S.  2132-B, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) The secretary of state shall require approved faculty to sign AND
 AFFIRM, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, a document [under oath],  approved  by
 and  submitted  ELECTRONICALLY  to the department of state, attesting to
 compliance with all applicable  statutory  and  regulatory  requirements
 pertaining  to the instruction of the established curriculum. The secre-
 tary of state shall promulgate penalties for faculty that fail  to  meet
 the  obligations  required  under  this  section and department of state
 regulations including, but not limited to, the temporary  suspension  of
 their  instructor certificate for the first such failure and the revoca-
 tion of their instructor certificate for any subsequent failure.
   § 2. Section 5 of a chapter of the laws  of  2021  amending  the  real
 property  law  relating  to increasing required training for real estate
 brokers and  real  estate  salespeople  to  prevent  discrimination,  as
 proposed  in legislative bills numbers A. 5359 and S. 2132-B, is amended
 to read as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect [on the first of July next  succeeding
 the date on which] ONE YEAR AFTER it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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