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Assembly Bill A10642

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the cancellation of contracts for health club services

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2025-A10642 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9211
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §624, Gen Bus L

2025-A10642 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the cancellation of contracts for health club services; provides that for a contract for service due for renewal on a monthly basis, the health club shall accept cancellation of renewal if such request is made up to the day before such renewal takes effect; relates to the mechanisms through which a health club shall accept notice of cancellation and offer cancellation.

2025-A10642 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10642
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to cancellation of
   contracts for health club services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 624
 of  the  general  business  law,  as added by chapter 537 of the laws of
 2024, are amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (b) Where a contract for services is due  for  renewal  on  an  annual
 basis,  such  contract for services following the initial contract shall
 provide that such health club shall accept cancellation of renewal of  a
 membership, by the buyer or the buyer's estate, provided such request is
 made within fifteen business days after such renewal takes effect. Where
 a  contract  for  service  is  due  for renewal on a monthly basis, such
 contract for services following the initial contract shall provide  that
 such  health  club  shall  accept  cancellation  of renewal of a monthly
 membership, by the buyer or the buyer's estate provided such request  is
 made  [within  three]  UP  TO  THE business [days after] DAY BEFORE such
 renewal takes effect.
   (c) Such health club shall accept notice of cancellation [of a member-
 ship through methods including, but not limited to, website,  electronic
 mail,  telephone,  mail, or in person] USING A SIMPLE CANCELLATION MECH-
 ANISM THAT IS AS EASY TO USE AS THE MECHANISM THAT THE CONSUMER USED  TO
 PROVIDE  CONSENT  AND  THAT IS THROUGH THE SAME MEDIUM THAT THE CONSUMER
 USED TO PROVIDE CONSENT.
   (d) [If a health club allows a buyer to  enter  into  a  contract  for
 services through a website, such] SUCH health club shall accept a notice
 of  cancellation  [of  such contract through such website in addition to
 the methods provided pursuant to paragraph (c) of this  subdivision]  AT
 ANY  TIME THROUGH ALL MEDIUMS BY WHICH THE HEALTH CLUB ALLOWS A CONSUMER
 TO PROVIDE AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT TO THE HEALTH CLUB.
   (E) PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, WHERE CONSENT TO THE HEALTH CLUB  AGREEMENT
 WAS OBTAINED IN PERSON, IN ADDITION TO OFFERING CANCELLATION WHERE PRAC-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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