S8789 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations.
- 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
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- Signed by Governor
- Latest action date
- 2026-02-13
- Introduced
- 2026-01-08
- Same as
- A9475
- Law section
- General Business Law
Sponsors
- James Sanders Jr. State Senator, District 10
Heard in committee
- Consumer Affairs and Protection NY State Assembly committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A9475 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Substituted for
- A9475 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Rules, 2026-01-20 Third reading