Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 04, 2025 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A4482
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JENSEN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-A4482 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-A4482 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4482 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting price gouging on certain consumer goods sold at thruway gas stations, restaurants, and other facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 396-r of the general business law, as amended by chapter 725 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 2. (a) During any abnormal disruption of the market for goods and services vital and necessary for the health, safety and welfare of consumers or the general public, no party within the chain of distrib- ution of such goods or services or both shall sell or offer to sell any such goods or services or both for an amount which represents an uncon- scionably excessive price. (b) For purposes of this section, the phrase "abnormal disruption of the market" shall mean any change in the market, whether actual or immi- nently threatened, resulting from stress of weather, convulsion of nature, failure or shortage of electric power or other source of energy, strike, civil disorder, war, military action, national or local emergen- cy, drug shortage, or other cause of an abnormal disruption of the market which results in the declaration of a state of emergency by the governor. (c) For purposes of this section, the term "drug shortage" shall mean, with respect to any drug or medical product intended for human use, that such drug or medical product is publicly reported as being subject to a shortage by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (d) For the purposes of this section, the term "goods and services" shall include (i) consumer goods and services used, bought or rendered primarily for personal, family or household purposes, (ii) essential EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06734-01-5
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