---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defines vacant and abandoned residential property in relation to mortgage foreclosure actions"
description: "Defines vacant and abandoned residential property in relation to mortgage foreclosure actions; establishes plaintiffs in such matters shall maintain the subject property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7792"
citation: "New York S 7792 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5aad301-ad96-4fb9-836d-094771092eee"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7792"
source_hash: "aaaacbc76474d4707d74acd9b4196ed25653d91fe986ab79037cef37e0aa920f"
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 7792 (2021-2022) — Defines vacant and abandoned residential property in relation to mortgage foreclosure actions

Defines vacant and abandoned residential property in relation to mortgage foreclosure actions; establishes plaintiffs in such matters shall maintain the subject property.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7792** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7792&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.286
- **2022-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-31** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8849
- **2022-02-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.407
- **2022-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.160 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5aad301-ad96-4fb9-836d-094771092eee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).