A00218 Summary:
BILL NO | A00218A |
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SAME AS | No same as |
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SPONSOR | Rosenthal (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Glick, Jaffee, DenDekker, Hooper, Cook, Scarborough, Kellner, Robinson, Miller, Abinanti, Weprin |
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MLTSPNSR | Cahill, Gunther, Magee, Perry, Weisenberg |
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Add S601-a, amd S602, Gen Bus L | |
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Prohibits debt collectors from collecting or attempting to collect a debt owed by a deceased debtor that is known by such debt collector to be deceased. |
A00218 Actions:
BILL NO | A00218A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01/09/2013 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/29/2013 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2014 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/04/2014 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/21/2014 | amend and recommit to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/21/2014 | print number 218a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/01/2014 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/03/2014 | advanced to third reading cal.526 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2014 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2014 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2014 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
A00218 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
No
Curran
No
Hawley
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
ER
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hennessey
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
No
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tedisco
No
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
No
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera
ER
Tenney
ER
Barrett
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
No
McLaughlin
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Benedetto
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobs
ER
Miller
ER
Robinson
Yes
Titone
No
Blankenbush
No
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Millman
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
No
Borelli
Yes
Englebright
No
Johns
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosa
No
Walter
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
No
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
ER
Weisenberg
Yes
Brindisi
No
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
No
Fitzpatrick
AB
Kellner
No
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
ER
Wright
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
No
Kolb
No
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Mr. Speaker
No
Butler
Yes
Gantt
No
Lalor
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Camara
No
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Otis
No
Schimminger
No
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
No
Palmesano
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Clark
Yes
Glick
No
Lopez
ER
Palumbo
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Colton
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
ER
Simotas
Yes
Cook
No
Goodell
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
No
Corwin
ER
Gottfried
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Crespo
No
Graf
No
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
No
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Stec
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A00218 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 218--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, JAFFEE, DenDEKKER, HOOPER, COOK, SCARBOROUGH, KELLNER, BOYLAND, ROBINSON, MILLER -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, GUNTHER, MAGEE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting debt collectors from collecting or attempting to collect a debt owed by a deceased debtor that is known to be deceased The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 601-a to read as follows: 3 § 601-a. Prohibited practices regarding deceased debtors. 1. For the 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following 5 meanings: 6 (a) "debt" means any obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to 7 pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, 8 insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are 9 primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, whether or not 10 such obligation has been reduced to judgment; 11 (b) "debt collector" means an individual who, as part of his or her 12 job, regularly collects or attempts to collect debts: (i) owed or due or 13 asserted to be owed or due to another; or (ii) obtained by, or assigned 14 to, such person, firm or corporation, that are in default when obtained 15 or acquired by such person, firm or corporation; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02312-03-4A. 218--A 2 1 (c) "attempting to collect a debt" means any action taken or communi- 2 cation made by a principal creditor or debt collector to any person who 3 is authorized to receive such communications about a debt. 4 2. Any principal creditor or debt collector attempting to collect a 5 debt incurred by a deceased debtor from a person who the principal cred- 6 itor or debt collector knows is not legally required to pay such debt 7 shall disclose to such person that he or she is not legally required to 8 pay such debts. In addition, such principal creditor or debt collector 9 shall not make any misrepresentation about such person's obligation to 10 pay such debt. 11 3. (a) In addition to any right of action granted to the attorney 12 general pursuant to this article, any person aggrieved by reason of any 13 violation of this section may bring an action in his or her own name to 14 enjoin such unlawful act or practice, an action to recover his or her 15 actual damages or five hundred dollars, whichever is greater, or both 16 such actions. In the case of any successful action to enforce the fore- 17 going liability, the court may award the costs of the action together 18 with reasonable attorney's fees. Each communication that fails to comply 19 with the requirements of this section shall constitute a separate 20 violation. 21 (b) Any consumer entitled to bring an action under this subdivision 22 may, if the unlawful act or practice has caused damage to other consum- 23 ers similarly situated, bring an action on behalf of himself and such 24 other consumers to recover damages or obtain other relief as provided 25 for in this subdivision. Any action brought under this subdivision shall 26 comply with article nine of the civil practice law and rules. 27 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 602 of the general business law, as 28 added by chapter 753 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows: 29 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who [shall violate] 30 willfully violates the terms of this article [shall be], except the 31 terms contained in section six hundred one-a of this article, is guilty 32 of a misdemeanor, and each such violation shall be deemed a separate 33 offense. 34 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 35 have become a law.