---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to insurance for victims of a hate crime"
description: "Prohibits an insurer from cancelling, refusing to issue, refusing to renew, or increasing the premium of a policy solely on the basis that one or more claims have been made against any policy during the preceding sixty months for a loss that is the result of a hate crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8869"
citation: "New York A 8869 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EICHENSTEIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cfb66c8-207a-4833-827a-946d21d70e89"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8869"
source_hash: "f04cc7335252d1ae51d6f138c7852b0bf9067d78b278d1ff20477c1b0d8fcf4a"
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 8869 (2021-2022) — Relates to insurance for victims of a hate crime

Prohibits an insurer from cancelling, refusing to issue, refusing to renew, or increasing the premium of a policy solely on the basis that one or more claims have been made against any policy during the preceding sixty months for a loss that is the result of a hate crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8869&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A8869A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8869A)
3. **A8869B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8869B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EICHENSTEIN — primary (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** PRINT NUMBER 8869A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-04** REPORTED
- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.619
- **2022-05-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8869B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7658B
- **2022-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.765
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.676 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-12** APPROVAL MEMO.38

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cfb66c8-207a-4833-827a-946d21d70e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).