Senate Bill S7656

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires four hours of implicit bias training every two years for real estate appraisers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

  • 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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2025-S7656 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6642
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §160-t, Exec L

2025-S7656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires four hours of implicit bias training every two years for real estate appraisers.

2025-S7656 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7656
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  four  hours
   of  training for real estate appraisers on implicit bias awareness and
   understanding every two years

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 160-t of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 248 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A.  The basic continuing education requirement for recertification
 or renewal of license shall be the completion by the  applicant,  during
 the  immediately preceding term of certification or license, of not less
 than twenty-eight classroom hours of instruction in courses or  seminars
 which have received the approval of the department. OF SUCH TWENTY-EIGHT
 REQUIRED  CLASSROOM  HOURS,  AT  LEAST  FOUR  HOURS OF INSTRUCTION SHALL
 PERTAIN TO IMPLICIT BIAS AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING.   FOR PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH, "IMPLICIT BIAS" SHALL MEAN THE ATTITUDES OR STEREOTYPES
 THAT AFFECT AN INDIVIDUAL'S UNDERSTANDING, ACTIONS AND DECISIONS  IN  AN
 UNCONSCIOUS MANNER.
   B. Computer based and distance learning courses may be approved by the
 department  so  long as providers demonstrate the ability to monitor and
 verify participation by the real estate appraiser for the specified time
 periods.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03430-01-5

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