S 2627 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the homeownership protection program

Summary

Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Jun 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2026

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What changed between versions

S2627 → S2627A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to reflect its progression through the legislative process, adding sponsors who supported it and noting its successful passage by the Senate. Substantively, the new homeowner protection program now explicitly includes estate planning and preventing property theft or scams as core purposes, while the funding mechanism was simplified to require only an annual appropriation rather than specifying the legislature's role in the text.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include estate planning and prevention of property theft or scams as official purposes of the homeowner protection program.

SCOPE

Added specific purposes for the program including estate planning and preventing theft of real property and other scams targeted to homeowners.

FISCAL

Changed the funding description from requiring an annual appropriation by the legislature to simply requiring funding by annual appropriation.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header and introduction text to reflect new sponsors and the bill's successful passage by the Senate.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2025 · Assembly Jun 3, 2026

How they voted

60–1

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 63

Feb 4, 2025

D Democratic41

39 Yea 2

95% Yea

R Republican22

21 Yea 1 Nay

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Jun 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

REPASSED SENATE

upper

May 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2627A

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HOUSING

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

upper

1 primary · 13 co-sponsors