---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removes certain requirements for independent insurance adjuster licenses"
description: "Removes the character witness requirement for independent insurance adjuster licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5762"
citation: "New York S 5762 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f14ff28a-3cce-4d16-b259-9ec4da177086"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5762"
source_hash: "0c33955ab69af4f45880ed7aa27bd9aa9f80899611643bae51891e95b231759f"
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 5762 (2021-2022) — Removes certain requirements for independent insurance adjuster licenses

Removes the character witness requirement for independent insurance adjuster licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5762&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.1164
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3942
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.171
- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.360 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f14ff28a-3cce-4d16-b259-9ec4da177086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).