---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the modification of restrictive covenants prior to the sale of real property"
description: "Requires the modification of restrictive covenants prior to the sale of real property when covenants, conditions and restrictions exist which discriminate on the basis of a protected class in violation of state or federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8760"
citation: "New York S 8760 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Sanders Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c7e021-7d8d-49b3-b68d-f3c777ac74c0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8760"
source_hash: "d8637a175fd8701526d51ef3ce9213a938a9d9bc4368d19b4eb139f3e27615a5"
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 8760 (2025-2026) — Requires the modification of restrictive covenants prior to the sale of real property

Requires the modification of restrictive covenants prior to the sale of real property when covenants, conditions and restrictions exist which discriminate on the basis of a protected class in violation of state or federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8760** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8760&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **95–46** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **46–14** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **16–4** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **16–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Sanders Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.151
- **2026-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-02-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9499
- **2026-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.68
- **2026-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.43 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c7e021-7d8d-49b3-b68d-f3c777ac74c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).