---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to human trafficking awareness and training for certain lodging facility employees"
description: "Relates to human trafficking awareness and training; requires employees of lodging facilities to have training in the recognition of a human trafficking victim; requires the division of criminal justice services, the office of temporary and disability assistance and the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to approve a human trafficking recognition training program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 244"
citation: "New York S 244 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5e48aa3-c03c-4303-a504-8c3031d63172"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S244"
source_hash: "45b9aca3129c6b8c001aed4c810d2571f7e8d9d9bc1b883b7584131716531a57"
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 244 (2021-2022) — Relates to human trafficking awareness and training for certain lodging facility employees

Relates to human trafficking awareness and training; requires employees of lodging facilities to have training in the recognition of a human trafficking victim; requires the division of criminal justice services, the office of temporary and disability assistance and the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to approve a human trafficking recognition training program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S244&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S244A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S244A)
3. **S244B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S244B)

## Votes

- Consumer Protection Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Consumer Protection Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 1ST REPORT CAL.485
- **2021-03-03** AMENDED 244A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-11** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** 1ST REPORT CAL.129
- **2022-01-18** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-01-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-02-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-15** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-10** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 244B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-16** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-16** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A887C
- **2022-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.174
- **2022-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-20** SIGNED CHAP.393 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5e48aa3-c03c-4303-a504-8c3031d63172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).