Senate Bill S2635

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the vicarious liability for housing discrimination act of 2025

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S2635 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1738
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6321, A10576

2025-S2635 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "vicarious liability for housing discrimination act"; imposes vicarious liability on a person for unlawful discriminatory practices related to the sale, rental, or lease of certain property by such person's agent.

2025-S2635 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2635 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2635
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the  "vicari-
   ous liability for housing discrimination act of 2025"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "vicarious liability for housing discrimination act of 2025".
   §  2.  Section  296  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
   23. FOR PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING LIABILITY FOR AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINA-
 TORY PRACTICE RELATED TO THE SALE, RENTAL, OR  LEASE  OF  A  PRIVATE  OR
 PUBLICLY-ASSISTED HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, ANY PERSON SHALL BE VICARIOUSLY
 LIABLE FOR A DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE BY SUCH PERSON'S AGENT OR EMPLOYEE,
 REGARDLESS  OF WHETHER SUCH PERSON ENCOURAGED, CONDONED, APPROVED OF, OR
 KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE CONDUCT THAT RESULTED IN A  DISCRIMINA-
 TORY PRACTICE, CONSISTENT WITH AGENCY LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04250-01-5

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