---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology"
description: "Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7169"
citation: "New York S 7169 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2ac66bc-4069-4110-9903-fdf9f1672e94"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7169"
source_hash: "b2b1cf06350346e588a18556cf07349e767261ff869d901736644dd807b3fc9a"
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 S 7169 (2019-2020) — Relates to requiring domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology

Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7169&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–28** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **48–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.93
- **2020-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-02-03** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8975
- **2020-02-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.406
- **2020-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.71 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2ac66bc-4069-4110-9903-fdf9f1672e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).