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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law"
+description: "Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law; provides that in cases of alleged housing discrimination, an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by a practice's discriminatory effect."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 4040"
+citation: "New York A 4040 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Micah Lasher"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2025-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc4c19f0-8f54-4ff6-85fe-c41069c20b23"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4040"
+source_hash: "478e0ddb259ec65ccdf16381cf57bd222f8da90cbc345473de3760090595d911"
+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 4040 (2025-2026) — Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law
+
+Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law; provides that in cases of alleged housing discrimination, an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by a practice's discriminatory effect.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4040&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A4040A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4040A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **39–20** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **95–46** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Micah Lasher — primary (person)
+- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
+- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
+- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
+- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
+- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
+- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jordan Wright — cosponsor (person)
+- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
+- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick J. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
+- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
+- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26** PRINT NUMBER 4040A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-04** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.383
+- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.383
+- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4067A
+- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1439
+- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.649 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc4c19f0-8f54-4ff6-85fe-c41069c20b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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