---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the department of financial services and the department of state's consumer protection division to conduct a study on consumer awareness and financial education in New York state"
description: "Directs the New York state department of financial services and the New York state department of state's consumer protection division to conduct a study on consumer awareness and financial education in New York state and to make recommendations for a consumer awareness and financial education program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6070"
citation: "New York A 6070 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEAWRIGHT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51966c5c-f09a-4bfe-97e0-bc50ef8e8479"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6070"
source_hash: "a1b3df5fd2b1baead453c2b785ec7a79b268948e6744af979b8a5cd960630a2b"
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 6070 (2019-2020) — Directs the department of financial services and the department of state's consumer protection division to conduct a study on consumer awareness and financial education in New York state

Directs the New York state department of financial services and the New York state department of state's consumer protection division to conduct a study on consumer awareness and financial education in New York state and to make recommendations for a consumer awareness and financial education program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A6070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6070&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A6070A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6070A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–12** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SEAWRIGHT — primary (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-26** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO BANKS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-10** PRINT NUMBER 6070A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED
- **2020-07-20** RULES REPORT CAL.164
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.164
- **2020-07-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8721
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.948
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.324 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51966c5c-f09a-4bfe-97e0-bc50ef8e8479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).