---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies the standard for when a practice has a discriminatory effect"
description: "Clarifies the standard for when a practice has a discriminatory effect; provides that an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by such practice's discriminatory effect, even if such practice was not motivated by a discriminatory intent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8338"
citation: "New York S 8338 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-03"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/944d0507-8a66-4ce1-85c1-83e40b9fe9b6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8338"
source_hash: "4d9522016a0614a806ee03b3ba479d890a2ff99169e57bfb654eb5673a5c0391"
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 8338 (2025-2026) — Clarifies the standard for when a practice has a discriminatory effect

Clarifies the standard for when a practice has a discriminatory effect; provides that an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by such practice's discriminatory effect, even if such practice was not motivated by a discriminatory intent.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8338&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–46** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1725
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8699A
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.593
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.706 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/944d0507-8a66-4ce1-85c1-83e40b9fe9b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).