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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to prohibited practices relating to student educational debt"
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description: "Prohibits certain practices regarding collection and enforcement of student debt."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "A 6938"
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citation: "New York A 6938 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["EPSTEIN"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-14"
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last_action: "2022-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29dc9997-cb04-4e6e-a83f-f58ecaf001ce"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6938"
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source_hash: "9789c924ad6c916a87bd711812fadf3b0546ffbd33f3c965c7514c1c3fe9f813"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 6938 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibited practices relating to student educational debt
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Prohibits certain practices regarding collection and enforcement of student debt.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A6938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6938&term=2021&Text=Y)
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2. **A6938A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6938A)
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3. **A6938B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6938B)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **106–41** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: B — **44–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- EPSTEIN — primary (person)
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- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
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- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
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- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
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- DE LOS SANTOS — cosponsor (person)
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- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
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- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
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- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
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- GIBBS — cosponsor (person)
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- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
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- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
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- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
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- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
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- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
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- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
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- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
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- STECK — cosponsor (person)
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- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-14** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 6938A `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 6938B `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-28** REPORTED
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- **2022-03-28** RULES REPORT CAL.63
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- **2022-03-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.63
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- **2022-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2022-03-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2022-03-28** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5924C
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- **2022-03-31** 3RD READING CAL.132
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- **2022-03-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2022-03-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-04-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-04** SIGNED CHAP.180 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29dc9997-cb04-4e6e-a83f-f58ecaf001ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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