Assembly Bill A8939

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims

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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-A8939 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206-f, Gen Bus L

2025-A8939 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for a first offense and one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense; provides that the attorney general may bring an action or special proceeding in supreme court to recover civil penalties under certain circumstances.

2025-A8939 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8939
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to penalties for a
   lodging  facility  that  fails to comply with certain requirements for
   providing  information  concerning  services  for  human   trafficking
   victims

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 206-f of the general business  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  ANY LODGING FACILITY THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 FOR A FIRST  OFFENSE  AND  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  SUBSEQUENT
 OFFENSE.    IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER ACTION AUTHORIZED BY LAW, INCLUDING
 ONE TO ENJOIN FURTHER VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION,  THE
 ATTORNEY  GENERAL  MAY  BRING AN ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING IN SUPREME
 COURT TO RECOVER ANY CIVIL PENALTIES ASSESSED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION
 AGAINST  A LODGING FACILITY IF A LOCAL OR STATE AGENCY WITH AUTHORITY TO
 REGULATE THE BUSINESS HAS:
   (A) PROVIDED THE LODGING FACILITY WITH REASONABLE NOTICE OF NONCOMPLI-
 ANCE, WHICH INFORMS THE BUSINESS OR ESTABLISHMENT THAT IT IS SUBJECT  TO
 A  CIVIL PENALTY IF IT DOES NOT CORRECT THE VIOLATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
 FROM THE DATE THAT THE NOTICE IS SENT TO THE LODGING FACILITY; AND
   (B) VERIFIED THAT THE VIOLATION WAS NOT CORRECTED WITHIN  THE  THIRTY-
 DAY PERIOD DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13414-01-5

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