---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires real estate brokers to receive training in cultural competency"
description: "Requires real estate brokers to receive two hours of training in cultural competency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 979"
citation: "New York S 979 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eabb3f9-a449-418b-bcd9-d95bd4d96b45"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S979"
source_hash: "b009fbc60f74c5acc5a720460d7a53cbabd631e6d45d9c9910e0a18eb691f32c"
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 979 (2021-2022) — Requires real estate brokers to receive training in cultural competency

Requires real estate brokers to receive two hours of training in cultural competency.

## Version chain

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

1. **S979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S979&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S979A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S979A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** PRINT NUMBER 979A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1620
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A844A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.749
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.688 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.75

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eabb3f9-a449-418b-bcd9-d95bd4d96b45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).