---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions"
description: "Requires separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups in NYS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6584"
citation: "New York S 6584 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-04-27"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/678abe40-c03d-4c11-9fa0-9500b31802a1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6584"
source_hash: "2ba167d991943c4719d0287ea4e75dba9c00d0e2f1902b2ed58e9e965ebaf6ff"
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 6584 (2023-2024) — Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions

Requires separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups in NYS.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6584** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6584&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6584A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6584A)
3. **S6584B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6584B)
4. **S6584C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6584C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: B — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **101–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1529
- **2023-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6584A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** PRINT NUMBER 6584B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.1115
- **2024-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6584C `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6219B
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.312
- **2024-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.657 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/678abe40-c03d-4c11-9fa0-9500b31802a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).