---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain commercial financing transactions from certain disclosure requirements"
description: "Exempts certain commercial financing transactions from certain disclosure requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 898"
citation: "New York S 898 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be25d233-6742-4971-81b8-d47790faacb7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S898"
source_hash: "f68fcbd5c8d60a5db244819b1a57de0e4929581cea57c9daf893abfad21c7566"
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 898 (2021-2022) — Exempts certain commercial financing transactions from certain disclosure requirements

Exempts certain commercial financing transactions from certain disclosure requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **S898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S898&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **42–21** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.51
- **2021-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A979
- **2021-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.14
- **2021-02-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-02-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.61 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be25d233-6742-4971-81b8-d47790faacb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).