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Assembly Bill A2302

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes an implied warranty that new homes shall be free from mold caused by defective workmanship

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2025-A2302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §777-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6104

2025-A2302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an implied warranty that new homes shall be free from mold caused by defective workmanship for a period of ten years from the date of sale of the new home.

2025-A2302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2302
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALLAGHER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to adding a  hous-
   ing merchant implied warranty against mold in new homes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 1 of section 777-a of the
 general business law, as added by chapter 709 of the laws of  1988,  are
 amended and a new paragraph d is added to read as follows:
   b.  two  years  from  and  after the warranty date the plumbing, elec-
 trical, heating, cooling and ventilation systems of  the  home  will  be
 free from defects due to a failure by the builder to have installed such
 systems in a skillful manner; [and]
   c.  six  years  from and after the warranty date the home will be free
 from material defects[.]; AND
   D. TEN YEARS FROM AND AFTER THE WARRANTY DATE THE HOME  WILL  BE  FREE
 FROM MOLD CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE WORKMANSHIP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00925-01-5

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