---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promotes the education of the human trafficking information and referral hotline to assist persons in freeing themselves from severe acts of sex trafficking"
description: "Promotes the education of the human trafficking information and referral hotline to assist persons in freeing themselves from severe acts or forms of sex trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7818"
citation: "New York A 7818 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CRUZ"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-25"
last_action: "2022-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79fd208e-c936-4b9e-9078-92daeee4b365"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7818"
source_hash: "a9af08d1b04b27a05e3ff4497492efc27f0e5d4b6e84134abff333339a18d0ea"
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 7818 (2021-2022) — Promotes the education of the human trafficking information and referral hotline to assist persons in freeing themselves from severe acts of sex trafficking

Promotes the education of the human trafficking information and referral hotline to assist persons in freeing themselves from severe acts or forms of sex trafficking.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7818&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7818A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7818A)
3. **A7818B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7818B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CRUZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** PRINT NUMBER 7818A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** PRINT NUMBER 7818B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** REPORTED
- **2022-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.455
- **2022-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-07** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3374B
- **2022-05-11** 3RD READING CAL.933
- **2022-05-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-20** SIGNED CHAP.387 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79fd208e-c936-4b9e-9078-92daeee4b365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).