---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances"
description: "Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 940"
citation: "New York S 940 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamaal Bailey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a21db0ff-db42-436c-a42b-686eb3e734ef"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S940"
source_hash: "8adcf47993bb5089772b77224d2cfb8d9a412df51560057295f79fd7e47945ac"
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 940 (2023-2024) — Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances

Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **S940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S940&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **39–22** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **82–65** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jamaal Bailey — primary (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.1035
- **2024-05-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-29** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6637
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.310
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.501 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a21db0ff-db42-436c-a42b-686eb3e734ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).