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Assembly Bill A9634

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires regulating bodies provide businesses with notice of new rules and regulations

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2025-A9634 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Administrative Procedure Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §202, St Ad Proc Act

2025-A9634 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires regulating bodies provide businesses with notice of new rules and regulations within sixty days of such rule or regulation being filed with the secretary of state; provides businesses are given one hundred eighty days to comply with any such rules or regulations.

2025-A9634 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9634
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in  relation  to
   requiring  regulating bodies provide certain businesses with notice of
   new rules and regulations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  5 of section 202 of the state administrative
 procedure act is amended by adding  a  new  paragraph  (d)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (D)  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS OF AN AGENCY FILING A RULE OR REGULATION WITH
 THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE AGENCY SHALL  MAKE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  THE
 NOTICE OF ADOPTION FOR SUCH RULE OR REGULATION TO EACH RELEVANT BUSINESS
 EFFECTED  BY  SUCH RULE OR REGULATION. NOTICE SHALL BE BY THE MOST COST-
 EFFECTIVE MEANS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  AN  EASILY
 ACCESSIBLE  PUBLIC-FACING WEBSITE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, OR BY LETTER. NOTICE
 CAN ALSO BE PROVIDED TO A TRADE ASSOCIATION OR GROUP  FOR  DISTRIBUTION.
 IF  A BUSINESS WAS REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, NOTICE SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE.  WHERE  A  BUSINESS  RECEIVES  PROPER
 ACTUAL  NOTICE  OR  CONSTRUCTIVE  NOTICE,  A BUSINESS SHALL BE GRANTED A
 ONE-HUNDRED-EIGHTY-DAY GRACE PERIOD TO IMPLEMENT SUCH NEW RULE OR  REGU-
 LATION.  DURING  THIS  GRACE  PERIOD,  NO  FINES  OR PUNISHMENT SHALL BE
 IMPOSED. WHERE SUCH PROPER ACTUAL NOTICE WAS NOT PROVIDED, THE  RULE  OR
 REGULATION  SHALL  BE UNENFORCEABLE UPON SUCH BUSINESS UNTIL ONE HUNDRED
 EIGHTY DAYS AFTER SUCH NOTICE IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
 rules or regulations filed with the secretary of state on and after such
 date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13276-03-6

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