# New York S 8789: 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

New York S 8789, 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, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by James Sanders Jr. (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-02-13 (SIGNED CHAP.71) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 8789
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- 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
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-08
- Last action: 2026-02-13, SIGNED CHAP.71
- Sponsor: James Sanders Jr. (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: RULES, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (150 yes, 66 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Credit-check rules now cover public sector workers: benefit, low. New York’s employment credit-history rules now explicitly cover state and local government employers, alongside private businesses with employees. This brings public employees and job applicants within the rules on requesting or using credit history.
- More jobs allow employer credit history checks: cost, low. Employers may use credit history for applicants or employees whose jobs require a background investigation by a state agency. The exception no longer requires an appointed position involving a high degree of public trust. The law also repeals Section 3 of the related 2025 employment credit-history…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: James Sanders Jr. (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 97 | 44 |   |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 38 | 18 |   |
| 2026-01-20 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 15 | 4 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-02-13: SIGNED CHAP.71 (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2026-02-03: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2026-02-03: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.10 (House)
- 2026-02-03: SUBSTITUTED FOR A9475 (House)
- 2026-01-29: REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION (House)
- 2026-01-29: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.77 (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: REFERRED TO RULES (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2026-01-08: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8789)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8789)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S8789-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).