---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the private student loan refinance task force"
description: "Changes the number of members in the private student loan finance task force from 11 to 13; designates the superintendent of financial services as the chairperson."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7719"
citation: "New York S 7719 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/706643dd-cc49-496d-b226-2306258e2f49"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7719"
source_hash: "31bb448ebf3f3223342eb6070d7e97b32bc3d121cc2f31151734984bef9d7252"
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 7719 (2021-2022) — Relates to the private student loan refinance task force

Changes the number of members in the private student loan finance task force from 11 to 13; designates the superintendent of financial services as the chairperson.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7719&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.47
- **2022-01-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-18** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8800
- **2022-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.55
- **2022-02-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.85 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/706643dd-cc49-496d-b226-2306258e2f49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).