---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting legal fees to be charged by a lessor or agent thereof"
description: "Exempts shareholders of cooperative housing corporations from new provisions of law prohibiting legal fees in connection with the operation or rental of a residential unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7801"
citation: "New York S 7801 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACKSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e9ffe8-2d26-44c5-a575-66ac5f5c8c4a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7801"
source_hash: "a7848aa43250efefcf67317b73e6de7ae5d4fd1c5f66d93ca7eff1efb46a59c7"
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 7801 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibiting legal fees to be charged by a lessor or agent thereof

Exempts shareholders of cooperative housing corporations from new provisions of law prohibiting legal fees in connection with the operation or rental of a residential unit.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7801&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **128–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.167
- **2022-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-31** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8750
- **2022-02-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.369
- **2022-03-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.162 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6e9ffe8-2d26-44c5-a575-66ac5f5c8c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).