---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires real estate brokers and salespersons to receive implicit bias training as part of their license renewal process"
description: "Requires real estate brokers and salespersons to receive implicit bias training as part of their license renewal process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 538"
citation: "New York S 538 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02527513-5e1e-453a-b56d-306a0db4d1ae"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S538"
source_hash: "bfba3149001fcdb6fb2a9525468f192794bb8a05b9d9437cd98add7f5efcac0d"
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 538 (2021-2022) — Requires real estate brokers and salespersons to receive implicit bias training as part of their license renewal process

Requires real estate brokers and salespersons to receive implicit bias training as part of their license renewal process.

## Version chain

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

1. **S538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S538&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S538A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S538A)
3. **S538B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S538B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** PRINT NUMBER 538A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-01** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.225
- **2021-02-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 538B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4638A
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.315
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.686 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02527513-5e1e-453a-b56d-306a0db4d1ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).