---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the anti-discrimination in housing fund and allocates moneys from fines thereto"
description: "Establishes the anti-discrimination in housing fund and allocates moneys from fines thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 945"
citation: "New York S 945 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d2ea49-a7b3-40b1-b28e-67718b54e081"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S945"
source_hash: "fff920963e906a42d6b152a9dcf162d99b319f7b9fcd7ca27472c679cca48d8c"
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 945 (2021-2022) — Establishes the anti-discrimination in housing fund and allocates moneys from fines thereto

Establishes the anti-discrimination in housing fund and allocates moneys from fines thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **S945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S945&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S945A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S945A)
3. **S945B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S945B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–11** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary Vote — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** PRINT NUMBER 945A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-01** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.226
- **2021-02-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 945B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6866
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.592
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.687 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.74

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d2ea49-a7b3-40b1-b28e-67718b54e081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).