---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires real estate brokers to institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers shall meet prior to receiving any services"
description: "Requires real estate brokers to institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers shall meet prior to receiving any services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7729"
citation: "New York S 7729 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cee5a475-f1fd-4b09-8914-0ee20bd7ba28"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7729"
source_hash: "4a1a7ba4c9bac1ce32ac132b8b3cfeeafe7cdec985ebf05cbf4d5c4408db23cc"
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 7729 (2021-2022) — Requires real estate brokers to institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers shall meet prior to receiving any services

Requires real estate brokers to institute standardized operating procedures for the prerequisites prospective homebuyers shall meet prior to receiving any services.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7729&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — 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.57
- **2022-01-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-20** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9175
- **2022-03-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.483
- **2022-03-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.153 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cee5a475-f1fd-4b09-8914-0ee20bd7ba28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).