republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-536.md

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Bill	Relates to replacing all instances of the word or variations of the word salesman with the word salesperson or variation thereof	Replaces all instances of the word or variations of the word salesman with the word salesperson or variation thereof; amends the language of the real property law to be gender neutral.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 536	New York S 536 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	KAPLAN	2	28	6	2021-01-06	2022-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/758a6fee-38a2-4fa8-8dcc-78b7d34ad012	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S536	6cd8ebb9d0f8edb9bc5a9474d06f8f77294ebef7beade49b71959e91501b0dd1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 536 (2021-2022) — Relates to replacing all instances of the word or variations of the word salesman with the word salesperson or variation thereof

Replaces all instances of the word or variations of the word salesman with the word salesperson or variation thereof; amends the language of the real property law to be gender neutral.

Version chain

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

1. S536 (committee substitute) — source
2. S536A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 146–1 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 62–1 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 62–1 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 62–1 (pass) · upper
• Judiciary Vote — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Judiciary Vote — 14–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KAPLAN — primary (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• BROUK — cosponsor (person)
• GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• MANNION — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-06 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 1ST REPORT CAL.689
• 2021-04-21 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2021-04-26 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2021-05-11 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-05-11 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-05-11 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 DIED IN ASSEMBLY
• 2022-01-05 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 1ST REPORT CAL.100
• 2022-01-12 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2022-01-18 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2022-02-14 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-02-14 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-02-14 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2022-03-08 RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
• 2022-03-08 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2022-03-08 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 536A amendment-passage
• 2022-03-21 REPASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-03-21 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-03-21 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2022-05-03 SUBSTITUTED FOR A8077A
• 2022-05-03 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.545
• 2022-05-03 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-03 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2022-08-05 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-08-17 SIGNED CHAP.529 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/758a6fee-38a2-4fa8-8dcc-78b7d34ad012. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).