republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-6938.md

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Bill	Relates to prohibited practices relating to student educational debt	Prohibits certain practices regarding collection and enforcement of student debt.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 6938	New York A 6938 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	EPSTEIN	3	21	2	2021-04-14	2022-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/29dc9997-cb04-4e6e-a83f-f58ecaf001ce	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6938	9789c924ad6c916a87bd711812fadf3b0546ffbd33f3c965c7514c1c3fe9f813	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 6938 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibited practices relating to student educational debt

Prohibits certain practices regarding collection and enforcement of student debt.

Version chain

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

1. A6938 (committee substitute) — source
2. A6938A (committee substitute) — source
3. A6938B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 106–41 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: B — 44–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• EPSTEIN — primary (person)
• BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
• CLARK — cosponsor (person)
• COLTON — cosponsor (person)
• DE LOS SANTOS — cosponsor (person)
• DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
• FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
• FORREST — cosponsor (person)
• GIBBS — cosponsor (person)
• GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
• GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
• JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
• KELLES — cosponsor (person)
• MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
• RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
• SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
• SIMON — cosponsor (person)
• STECK — cosponsor (person)
• ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-14 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2021-05-14 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-14 PRINT NUMBER 6938A amendment-passage
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 PRINT NUMBER 6938B amendment-passage
• 2022-02-08 REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 REPORTED
• 2022-03-28 RULES REPORT CAL.63
• 2022-03-28 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.63
• 2022-03-28 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-03-28 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-03-28 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION referral-committee
• 2022-03-31 SUBSTITUTED FOR S5924C
• 2022-03-31 3RD READING CAL.132
• 2022-03-31 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-03-31 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-04-27 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-05-04 SIGNED CHAP.180 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29dc9997-cb04-4e6e-a83f-f58ecaf001ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).