---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to associate real estate brokers serving as real estate office managers"
description: "Requires associate real estate brokers serving as real estate office managers to exercise supervision over other associate brokers and real estate salesmen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2157"
citation: "New York S 2157 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ab0ee28-f93c-4119-8331-f570bf1b1dc9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2157"
source_hash: "3f09e0d2dd310ea7b2a2e850c6abed8034bb5a6a7f31c058bf8229ed32b37ff3"
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 2157 (2021-2022) — Relates to associate real estate brokers serving as real estate office managers

Requires associate real estate brokers serving as real estate office managers to exercise supervision over other associate brokers and real estate salesmen.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2157&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S2157A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S2157A)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–44** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.232
- **2021-02-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2157A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6355
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.346
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.699 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ab0ee28-f93c-4119-8331-f570bf1b1dc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).