---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions"
description: "Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6896"
citation: "New York A 6896 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NIOU"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-13"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b74b85-e8aa-4867-a624-3a30653f25e4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6896"
source_hash: "a063bdf6f451932a1f7c4aa46178f386b4fc881c3877b833c6b73936fee50c61"
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 6896 (2021-2022) — Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6896&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6896A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6896A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–10** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **114–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- NIOU — primary (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- FITZPATRICK — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- KIM — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-13** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 6896A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED
- **2021-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.594
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.594
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6639A
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1793
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.745 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.109

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43b74b85-e8aa-4867-a624-3a30653f25e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).