Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A10378

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts the offer of sale of franchises from registration requirements

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2025-A10378 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §684, Gen Bus L

2025-A10378 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts the offer of sale of franchises from registration requirements when the franchisee is located in another state.

2025-A10378 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10378
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  exempting  the
   offer of sale of franchises from registration requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 684 of the general business law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E) THE OFFER OR SALE BY A FRANCHISOR OF A  FRANCHISE  IS  MADE  TO  A
 PERSON  RESIDING  IN ANOTHER STATE AND WHO OR WHICH WILL NOT OPERATE THE
 FRANCHISE IN THIS STATE; PROVIDED THE FRANCHISOR OTHERWISE  COMPLIES  IN
 FULL  WITH  ANY FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SUCH OFFER OR
 SALE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14852-02-6

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.