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S00737 Summary:
BILL NO | S00737A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A02260-A |
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SPONSOR | BIAGGI |
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COSPNSR | PARKER |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§600 & 602, add §601-b, Gen Bus L | |
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Requires debt collectors to inform debtors in each initial communication that written communications are available in large print format. |
S00737 Actions:
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01/06/2021 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2021 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2021 | PRINT NUMBER 737A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2021 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2021 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1618 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/10/2021 | substituted for a2260a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/10/2021 | ordered to third reading cal.102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/10/2021 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/10/2021 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/28/2021 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/08/2021 | SIGNED CHAP.461 |
S00737 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
No
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
No
Simpson
No
Angelino
Yes
Cook
No
Gallahan
No
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
No
Smith
No
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
No
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
No
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
No
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
No
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
No
Goodell
No
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
No
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
No
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
No
McDonough
No
Reilly
No
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
No
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
No
Durso
Yes
Hunter
No
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
No
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
No
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
No
Jensen
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Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
No
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
No
Woerner
No
Byrnes
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
No
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Kim
No
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S00737 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 737--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BIAGGI, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring debt collectors to inform debtors that written communications are available in large print format The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 600 of the general business law is amended by 2 adding three new subdivisions 5, 6 and 7 to read as follows: 3 5. "Communication" shall mean the conveying of information regarding a 4 debt directly or indirectly to any person through any medium. 5 6. "Debt" means any obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to 6 pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, 7 insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are 8 primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, whether or not 9 such obligation has been reduced to judgment. 10 7. "Debt collector" means an individual who, as part of his or her 11 job, regularly collects or attempts to collect debts: (a) owed or due or 12 asserted to be owed or due to another; or (b) obtained by, or assigned 13 to, such person, firm or corporation, that are in default when obtained 14 or acquired by such person, firm or corporation. 15 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 601-b 16 to read as follows: 17 § 601-b. Large print notices. 1. Each and every principal creditor or 18 debt collector shall, in each initial communication, clearly and 19 conspicuously disclose to the debtor that each communication can be 20 provided in an alternative, reasonably accommodatable, format. Such 21 disclosure shall substantively contain the following: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02903-02-1S. 737--A 2 1 (a) A statement that the consumer may request the letter in an alter- 2 native, reasonably accommodatable format selected by the principal cred- 3 itor or debt collector such as large print, braille, audio compact disc, 4 or other means; and 5 (b) A business phone number that the consumer may call to make such a 6 request. 7 2. For the purposes of this section, a principal creditor or debt 8 collector providing reasonable accommodation in compliance with the 9 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 shall not be deemed to have 10 violated any provision herein. 11 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 602 of the general business law, as 12 added by chapter 753 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows: 13 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who [shall violate] 14 violates the terms of section six hundred one of this article [shall be] 15 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such violation shall be deemed a 16 separate offense. A violation by any person of section six hundred 17 one-a of this article, if such violation constitutes the first such 18 offense by such person, is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed 19 two hundred fifty dollars. The second offense and any offense committed 20 thereafter is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred 21 dollars. 22 § 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 23 have become a law.