---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study on certain impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic"
description: "Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on underbanked and underserved areas and small businesses and minority- and women-owned business enterprises getting loans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6070"
citation: "New York S 6070 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-05"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9e0a402-eafd-4a5a-a43e-e447963efeff"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6070"
source_hash: "42c6eb3a96f40a61e3ee694416d7e2e300ae6c36eae92851f98ad4e8441c8b1b"
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 6070 (2021-2022) — Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study on certain impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on underbanked and underserved areas and small businesses and minority- and women-owned business enterprises getting loans.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6070&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6070A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6070A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Banks Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-05** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.800
- **2021-04-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6070A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7324A
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.371
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9e0a402-eafd-4a5a-a43e-e447963efeff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).