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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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2025-A8939 - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206-f, Gen Bus L

2025-A8939 - 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 for concurrent enforcement by the director or commissioner of a municipal consumer affairs office or by the town attorney, city corporation counsel, or other lawful designee of a municipality.

2025-A8939 - 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

2025-A8939A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206-f, Gen Bus L

2025-A8939A (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 for concurrent enforcement by the director or commissioner of a municipal consumer affairs office or by the town attorney, city corporation counsel, or other lawful designee of a municipality.

2025-A8939A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8939--A
 
                        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 -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,
   sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 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. (A) 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.  TO  RECOVER  ANY  CIVIL  PENALTIES  ASSESSED  PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION AGAINST A LODGING FACILITY, A LOCAL OR STATE AGENCY WITH AUTHOR-
 ITY TO REGULATE THE BUSINESS SHALL:
   (I) PROVIDE 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
   (II) VERIFY THAT THE VIOLATION WAS NOT CORRECTED WITHIN THE THIRTY-DAY
 PERIOD DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (B)  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE ENFORCED CONCURRENTLY
 BY THE DIRECTOR OR COMMISSIONER OF A MUNICIPAL CONSUMER AFFAIRS  OFFICE,
 OR  BY  THE  TOWN  ATTORNEY,  CITY  CORPORATION COUNSEL, OR OTHER LAWFUL
 DESIGNEE OF A MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND ALL MONEYS COLLECTED
 THEREUNDER SHALL BE RETAINED BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
   § 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.

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