Assembly Bill A8952

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits businesses and organizations from charging a fee for seminars, webinars, workshops, or educational resources related to the breakdown of Public Law No: 119-21

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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-A8952 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business

2025-A8952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits businesses and organizations from charging a fee for seminars, webinars, workshops, or educational resources related to the breakdown or explanation of the contents of Public Law No: 119-21, colloquially known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill".

2025-A8952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8952
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT in relation to  prohibiting  businesses  and  organizations  from
   charging  a  fee  for  seminars,  webinars,  workshops, or educational
   resources related to the breakdown of Public Law No: 119-21

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that it is in the
 best  interest  of residents of the state to ensure that all individuals
 have free and equitable access to information concerning the contents of
 Public Law No: 119-21. It is the intent of the  legislature  to  promote
 transparency  and  public  understanding of the contents of this federal
 act.
   Therefore, the legislature deems it to be in the best interest of  the
 residents of this state to prohibit the imposition of fees or charges by
 businesses,  organizations and other entities providing access to break-
 downs or explanations of the contents of this bill as the imposition  of
 such  fees and charges creates an unfair barrier to access to this crit-
 ical information for many state residents.
   § 2. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule  or  regulation  to
 the  contrary,  no  business,  organization or other entity providing or
 sponsoring a seminar, webinar, or workshop, or providing  access  to  an
 educational  resource  related  to  the  breakdown or explanation of the
 provisions of Public Law No: 119-21, colloquially known as the "One  Big
 Beautiful  Bill" or "OBBB", shall impose a fee or charge to residents of
 the state who participate in such seminar, webinar, or workshop, or  who
 utilize  such  educational resource. Any business, organization or other
 entity charging a fee in violation of this act shall refund the  fee  to
 the  person  or entity that paid the fee within 30 days of the effective
 date of this act.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13473-01-5
 A. 8952                             2

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