Assembly Actions -
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May 05, 2025 |
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Assembly Bill A8197
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
NOVAKHOV
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
co-Sponsors
Alec Brook-Krasny
Lester Chang
2025-A8197 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Social Services
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §95, Soc Serv L; add §397-c, Gen Bus L
2025-A8197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8197 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOVAKHOV, BROOK-KRASNY, CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law and the general business law, in relation to requiring signage warning about EBT/SNAP skimming and mandating chip-enabled point-of-sale systems for SNAP transactions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients are increasingly at risk of benefit theft due to the use of illegal skimming devices installed on point-of-sale terminals. These devices compromise the security of magnetic stripe cards and cause significant financial harm to vulnerable New Yorkers. To mitigate this threat, it is necessary to raise consumer awareness through mandatory signage and to modernize payment systems by requiring chip-enabled card readers in all retail establishments that accept SNAP. § 2. Section 95 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 12. (A) ALL RETAIL FOOD STORES, AND AUTHORIZED SNAP RETAILERS LOCATED IN THE STATE SHALL PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A SIGN AT EACH PUBLIC ENTRANCE TO THE STORE WARNING CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SNAP/EBT SKIMMING FRAUD. (B) SUCH SIGN SHALL BE AT LEAST EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES BY ELEVEN INCHES, WRITTEN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING OR SUBSTAN- TIALLY SIMILAR MESSAGE: WARNING: EBT AND SNAP BENEFITS MAY BE AT RISK OF THEFT THROUGH ILLEGAL SKIMMING DEVICES. DO NOT SWIPE YOUR CARD IF THE CARD READER APPEARS DAMAGED OR TAMPERED WITH. USE CHIP-ENABLED TERMINALS WHEN AVAILABLE. REPORT SUSPECTED FRAUD TO THE NYS EBT CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-888-328-6399. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11692-01-5
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