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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to prohibited practices relating to student educational debt"
+description: "Prohibits certain practices regarding collection and enforcement of student debt."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 6938"
+citation: "New York A 6938 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["EPSTEIN"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-04-14"
+last_action: "2022-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29dc9997-cb04-4e6e-a83f-f58ecaf001ce"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6938"
+source_hash: "9789c924ad6c916a87bd711812fadf3b0546ffbd33f3c965c7514c1c3fe9f813"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 6938 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibited practices relating to student educational debt
+
+Prohibits certain practices regarding collection and enforcement of student debt.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A6938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6938&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A6938A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6938A)
+3. **A6938B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6938B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **106–41** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **44–19** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- EPSTEIN — primary (person)
+- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
+- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
+- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
+- DE LOS SANTOS — cosponsor (person)
+- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
+- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
+- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
+- GIBBS — cosponsor (person)
+- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
+- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
+- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
+- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-14** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 6938A `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 6938B `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-28** REPORTED
+- **2022-03-28** RULES REPORT CAL.63
+- **2022-03-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.63
+- **2022-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-03-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-03-28** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5924C
+- **2022-03-31** 3RD READING CAL.132
+- **2022-03-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-03-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-04-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-04** SIGNED CHAP.180 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29dc9997-cb04-4e6e-a83f-f58ecaf001ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+