---
type: "Bill"
title: "Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law"
description: "Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law; provides that in cases of alleged housing discrimination, an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by a practice's discriminatory effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 4040"
citation: "New York A 4040 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Micah Lasher"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc4c19f0-8f54-4ff6-85fe-c41069c20b23"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4040"
source_hash: "478e0ddb259ec65ccdf16381cf57bd222f8da90cbc345473de3760090595d911"
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 A 4040 (2025-2026) — Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law

Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law; provides that in cases of alleged housing discrimination, an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by a practice's discriminatory effect.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4040&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A4040A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4040A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **39–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **95–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Micah Lasher — primary (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** PRINT NUMBER 4040A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED
- **2025-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.383
- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.383
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4067A
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1439
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.649 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc4c19f0-8f54-4ff6-85fe-c41069c20b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).