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Assembly Bill A4685

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires mercantile establishments to cease collections under certain circumstances

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2025-A4685 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3816
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-105, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8248, S5977
2015-2016: A5582, S352
2017-2018: A2058, S4921, S8444
2019-2020: A7457, S1752
2021-2022: A851, S2231
2023-2024: A1681, S1915

2025-A4685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires mercantile establishments to cease collections upon a court finding of not guilty of larceny in mercantile establishments.

2025-A4685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4685
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'PHARROW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in  relation  to  requiring
   mercantile establishments to cease collections upon a court finding of
   not guilty of larceny in mercantile establishments

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 11-105 of the general obligations law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. CESSATION OF COLLECTIONS UPON FINDING OF  NOT  GUILTY.  AN  ADULT,
 EMANCIPATED MINOR, OR THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF AN UNEMANCIPATED
 MINOR  WHO  IS  FOUND  NOT  GUILTY  IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT UNDER THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT BE CIVILLY LIABLE TO THE OPERATOR  OF  THE  MERCANTILE
 ESTABLISHMENT  BRINGING THE PROCEEDING AND ANY ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT MONEY
 OR RECOVER MERCHANDISE FROM THE ADULT, EMANCIPATED MINOR, OR THE PARENTS
 OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08313-01-5

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