---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the urban development corporation to conduct a study regarding the assistance needed to encourage women and minorities to pursue technology careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics"
description: "Directs the urban development corporation to conduct a study regarding the assistance needed to encourage women and minorities to pursue technology careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 531"
citation: "New York S 531 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80a53383-2c5e-420a-a41a-93e8a8393afe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S531"
source_hash: "14be6e2234d3c5cf2c6efe2b1764b57508fdded1a9176605961bcc8c86aa7947"
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 531 (2021-2022) — Directs the urban development corporation to conduct a study regarding the assistance needed to encourage women and minorities to pursue technology careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Directs the urban development corporation to conduct a study regarding the assistance needed to encourage women and minorities to pursue technology careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

## Version chain

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

1. **S531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S531&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S531A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S531A)
3. **S531B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S531B)

## Votes

- Education Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.82
- **2021-01-25** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-01-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-02-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 531A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 531B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A530B
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.520
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.757 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.119

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80a53383-2c5e-420a-a41a-93e8a8393afe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).