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type: "Bill"
title: "Defines \"employer\" for purposes of the fair credit reporting act; relates to the requesting or use for employment purposes of the consumer credit history of an applicant for employment or employee; repealer"
description: "Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8789"
citation: "New York S 8789 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Sanders Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d285a3d7-0b6a-4808-b75f-340a0432d962"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8789"
source_hash: "3ab704668b282370d9b4f99729cd1e09381a69ffb2ee21be86044d96a775d2a5"
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 8789 (2025-2026) — Defines "employer" for purposes of the fair credit reporting act; relates to the requesting or use for employment purposes of the consumer credit history of an applicant for employment or employee; repealer
Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S8789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8789&term=2025&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Rules Vote — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–44** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **38–18** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James Sanders Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.77
- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-29** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9475
- **2026-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.10
- **2026-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.71 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d285a3d7-0b6a-4808-b75f-340a0432d962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).