Assembly Bill A8522

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "guaranteed reservation protection for rental car customers act"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A8522 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L

2025-A8522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "guaranteed reservation protection for rental car customers act"; provides that a rental vehicle company shall not charge any authorized driver a rental rate higher than the rate quoted in such driver's reservation.

2025-A8522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8522
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
   "guaranteed reservation protection for rental car customers act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "guaranteed reservation protection for rental car customers act".
   §  2. Section 396-z of the general business law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
   9-A. (A) A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY  SHALL  NOT  CHARGE  ANY  AUTHORIZED
 DRIVER A RENTAL RATE HIGHER THAN THE RATE QUOTED IN SUCH DRIVER'S RESER-
 VATION UNLESS SUCH ADDITIONAL CHARGE IS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION.
   (B)  IF THE VEHICLE RESERVED BY AN AUTHORIZED DRIVER IS UNAVAILABLE AT
 THE TIME OF SUCH DRIVER'S RESERVATION, THE RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY  SHALL
 PROVIDE  A VEHICLE OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. IF
 THE RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY IS UNABLE TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  A  VEHICLE,  THE
 RENTAL  VEHICLE  COMPANY  SHALL REIMBURSE THE AUTHORIZED DRIVER FOR SUCH
 DRIVER'S REASONABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES  TO  SECURE  AN  ALTERNATIVE
 RENTAL VEHICLE OR OTHER TRAVEL OPTION.
   (C)  EVERY  RENTAL  VEHICLE  COMPANY  SHALL  INFORM  CUSTOMERS  OF THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION ON ITS  WEBSITE  AND  ON  POSTED  SIGNS
 PROMINENTLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAYED WHERE THEY MAY BE EASILY SEEN BY
 CUSTOMERS.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided that the amendments to section 396-z of  the
 general  business  law made by section two of this act shall survive the
 expiration and reversion of such section as provided  in  section  4  of
 chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, as amended.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11858-01-5

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