NY State Senate Bill 2025-S10477A

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 19, 2026	print number 10477a
May 19, 2026	amend (t) and recommit to judiciary
May 15, 2026	referred to judiciary

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2025-S10477 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2729
Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Real Property Law
Laws Affected:: Add §238-b, RP L

2025-S10477 - Summary

Relates to requirements when landlords offer tenants the option of rent reporting to a consumer reporting agency to boost such tenant's credit score.

2025-S10477 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10477

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring land-
lords to offer tenants the option of rent reporting

 
PURPOSE:

This bill provides tenants an opportunity to build credit through the
reporting of on-time rental payments.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the real property law by adding a new section 238-b.

Section two establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A person's credit score has an outsized impact on their ability to
secure loans for housing, vehicles and other needs, their ability to
obtain credit cards, calculation of insurance rates and other important
financial matters. However, a person's credit score is calculated based
on certain data gathered and reported to credit agencies and does not
include on-time payments of rent, representing a missed opportunity for
tenants who pay their rent on time to establish or improve their credit
score and for landlords who want rent paid in a timely fashion.

Some landlords have chosen to report rental payments to credit agencies,
both to incentivize tenants to pay on time, and to help tenants raise
their credit scores. For tenants with low or no credit, the impact can
be particularly meaningful. In September 2022, Fannie Mae launched a
Positive Rent Payment pilot program, working with landlords nationwide
to facilitate the reporting of rent payments to credit agencies. For
some tenants, reporting on-time rental payments each month resulted in
establishment of credit and in other cases an increase of up to 40
points in their credit score. Such an increase can open up many new
financial opportunities for tenants, allowing them to obtain loans, a
mortgage or other benefits.

As the practice of rent reporting expands, guidelines must be in place
to ensure fairness and transparency. This legislation would require that
any landlords who contemplate offer rent reporting to credit agencies
first obtain a tenant's authorization to participate in the program and
notify them of which agencies the information is reported to, the defi-
nition of a late payment, any fees associated with participation in the
program and a notice of their right to opt out at any time. Such notice
must be provided to tenants at the signing of a lease, as well as at
each renewal.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
60 days.

2025-S10477 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10477
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation  to  requiring  land-
   lords to offer tenants the option of rent reporting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 238-b to read as follows:
   §  238-B.  RENT  REPORTING.  1.  ANY  LANDLORD  WHO OFFERS A TENANT OR
 TENANTS OBLIGATED ON THE LEASE OF EACH UNIT THE OPTION  OF  HAVING  SUCH
 TENANT'S  RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTED TO AT LEAST ONE NATIONWIDE
 CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY SHALL FIRST OBTAIN THE AUTHORIZATION  OF  SUCH
 TENANT OR TENANTS. A NATIONAL CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY SHALL INCLUDE AN
 AGENCY  THAT  MEETS  THE DEFINITION IN 15 U.S.C. SECTION 1681A(P) OR ANY
 OTHER CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY THAT MEETS THE DEFINITION IN  15  U.S.C.
 SECTION  1681A(F),  SO  LONG AS THE CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY RESELLS OR
 OTHERWISE FURNISHES RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION TO A NATIONWIDE  CONSUMER
 REPORTING  AGENCY  THAT  MEETS  THE  DEFINITION  IN  15  U.S.C.  SECTION
 1681A(P). A TENANT'S ELECTION TO HAVE RENT REPORTED UNDER THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  BE  IN  WRITING,  AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
 SECTION.
   2. NOTICE OF RENT REPORTING SHALL BE MADE AT THE  TIME  OF  THE  LEASE
 AGREEMENT  AND  AT LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY THEREAFTER AND FOR ANY RENEWAL OF
 SUCH LEASE.
   3. THE NOTICE OF RENT REPORTING SHALL INCLUDE A  WRITTEN  ELECTION  OF
 RENT REPORTING THAT CONTAINS:
   (A) A STATEMENT THAT REPORTING OF THE TENANT'S RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMA-
 TION IS OPTIONAL;
   (B)  IDENTIFICATION  OF EACH CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY TO WHICH RENTAL
 PAYMENT INFORMATION WILL BE REPORTED;
   (C) A STATEMENT DESCRIBING WHICH RENTAL PAYMENTS WILL BE REPORTED, AND
 WHETHER SUCH PAYMENTS ARE TIMELY, LATE, OR MISSED;
   (D) A STATEMENT THAT EACH  CONSUMER  REPORTING  AGENCY  CONSIDERS  ANY
 RENTAL PAYMENT LATE IF SUCH PAYMENT IS OVERDUE BY THIRTY DAYS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05007-02-5
 S. 10477                            2
 
   (E)  A  STATEMENT  THAT  EACH  CONSUMER  REPORTING  AGENCY PERMITS THE
 REPORTING OF PAYMENTS MADE OVER THE  PREVIOUS  TWENTY-FOUR-MONTH  PERIOD
 AND THAT THE TENANT MAY ELECT SUCH OPTION;
   (F) THE AMOUNT OF ANY FEE CHARGED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS
 SECTION;
   (G)  A  STATEMENT  THAT  THE TENANT MAY OPT INTO RENT REPORTING AT ANY
 TIME FOLLOWING THE INITIAL OFFER BY THE LANDLORD;
   (H) A STATEMENT THAT THE TENANT MAY ELECT TO STOP  RENT  REPORTING  AT
 ANY TIME, BUT THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESUME RENT REPORTING FOR AT
 LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THEIR ELECTION TO OPT OUT;
   (I)  INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO OPT OUT OF REPORTING RENTAL PAYMENT INFOR-
 MATION; AND
   (J) A SIGNATURE BLOCK THAT THE TENANT SHALL DATE AND SIGN IN ORDER  TO
 ACCEPT THE NOTICE OF RENT REPORTING.
   4. IT IS NOT NECESSARY THAT THE WRITTEN ELECTION TO BEGIN RENT REPORT-
 ING  BE  ACCEPTED  BY  THE TENANT AT THE TIME OF THE OFFER. A TENANT MAY
 SUBMIT THEIR COMPLETED WRITTEN ELECTION OF RENT REPORTING  AT  ANY  TIME
 AFTER  THEY  RECEIVE  THE  OFFER  OF RENT REPORTING FROM THE LANDLORD. A
 TENANT MAY REQUEST AND SHALL OBTAIN ADDITIONAL  COPIES  OF  THE  WRITTEN
 ELECTION OF RENT REPORTING FORM FROM THE LANDLORD AT ANY TIME.
   5.  IF  A TENANT ELECTS TO HAVE THAT TENANT'S RENTAL PAYMENTS REPORTED
 TO A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE  LANDLORD  MAY  REQUIRE  THAT  TENANT TO PAY A FEE NOT TO EXCEED THE
 LESSER OF THE ACTUAL COST TO THE LANDLORD TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE OR FIVE
 DOLLARS PER MONTH. THE PAYMENT OR NONPAYMENT OF THIS FEE BY  THE  TENANT
 SHALL NOT BE REPORTED TO A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY.
   6.  IF A TENANT FAILS TO PAY ANY FEE REQUIRED BY THE LANDLORD PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
   (A) THE FAILURE TO PAY THE FEE SHALL NOT BE CAUSE FOR  TERMINATION  OF
 THE TENANCY;
   (B)  THE  LANDLORD  SHALL  NOT DEDUCT THE UNPAID FEE FROM THE TENANT'S
 SECURITY DEPOSIT; AND
   (C) IF THE FEE REMAINS UNPAID FOR THIRTY DAYS OR  MORE,  THE  LANDLORD
 MAY STOP REPORTING THE TENANT'S RENTAL PAYMENTS AND SUCH TENANT SHALL BE
 UNABLE TO ELECT RENT REPORTING AGAIN FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM THE
 DATE ON WHICH THE FEE FIRST BECAME DUE.
   7.  A TENANT WHO ELECTS TO HAVE RENT REPORTED AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY SUBSEQUENTLY FILE A  WRITTEN  REQUEST  WITH
 THEIR  LANDLORD  TO  STOP  THAT  REPORTING WITH WHICH THE LANDLORD SHALL
 COMPLY. A TENANT WHO ELECTS TO STOP REPORTING SHALL NOT  BE  ALLOWED  TO
 ELECT  RENT REPORTING AGAIN FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX MONTHS FROM THE
 DATE OF THE TENANT'S WRITTEN REQUEST TO STOP REPORTING.
   8. A TENANT WHO ELECTS TO HAVE RENT  REPORTED  DOES  NOT  FORFEIT  ANY
 RIGHTS  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE.  IF A TENANT MAKES DEDUCTIONS FROM RENT OR
 OTHERWISE WITHHOLDS RENT AS AUTHORIZED BY THOSE SECTIONS, THE DEDUCTIONS
 OR WITHHOLDING OF RENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A  LATE  RENTAL  PAYMENT.  A
 TENANT  INVOKING  THE  RIGHT TO REPAIR AND DEDUCT OR WITHHOLD RENT UNDER
 THOSE SECTIONS SHALL NOTIFY THEIR LANDLORD OF THE DEDUCTION OR WITHHOLD-
 ING PRIOR TO THE DATE  RENT  IS  DUE.  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSTRUED  TO RELIEVE A LANDLORD OF THE OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN HABITABLE
 PREMISES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-B OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

2025-S10477A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2729
Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Real Property Law
Laws Affected:: Add §238-b, RP L

2025-S10477A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requirements when landlords offer tenants the option of rent reporting to a consumer reporting agency to boost such tenant's credit score.

2025-S10477A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10477A

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the real property law, in relation to requirements when
landlords offer tenants the option of rent reporting

 
PURPOSE:

This bill provides tenants an opportunity to build credit through the
reporting of on-time rental payments.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the real property law by adding a new section 238-b.
Section two establishes the effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

A print prohibits a landlord from reporting rental payment information

to a consumer reporting agency unless notice of the reporting was
provided for in the lease, requires a tenant is notified when negative
information has been furnished to a consumer reporting agency, and
requires when a landlord offers a tenant the option of having their
positive rental payment information reported to a consumer reporting
agency, the landlord shall first obtain the written authorization of the
tenant.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A person's credit score has an outsized impact on their ability to
secure loans for housing, vehicles and other needs, their ability to
obtain credit cards, calculation of insurance rates and other important
financial matters. However, a person's credit score is calculated based
on certain data gathered and reported to credit agencies and does not
include on-time payments of rent, representing a missed opportunity for
tenants who pay their rent on time to establish or improve their credit
score and for landlords who want rent paid in a timely fashion.

Some landlords have chosen to report rental payments to credit agencies,
both to incentivize tenants to pay on time, and to help tenants raise
their credit scores. For tenants with low or no credit, the impact can
be particularly meaningful. In September 2022, Fannie Mae launched a
Positive Rent Payment pilot program, working with landlords nationwide
to facilitate the reporting of rent payments to credit agencies. For
some tenants, reporting on-time rental payments each month resulted in
establishment of credit and in other cases an increase of up to 40
points in their credit score. Such an increase can open up many new
financial opportunities for tenants, allowing them to obtain loans, a
mortgage or other benefits.

As the practice of rent reporting expands, guidelines must be in place
to ensure fairness and transparency. This legislation would require that
any landlords who contemplate offer reporting of positive rental payment
information to credit agencies first obtain a tenant's authorization to
participate in the program and notify them of which agencies the infor-
mation is reported to, any fees associated with participation in the
program and a notice of their right to opt out at any time. Such notice
must be provided to tenants at the signing of a lease, as well as at
each renewal.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
60 days.

2025-S10477A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10477--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requirements when
   landlords offer tenants the option of rent reporting

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
 238-b to read as follows:
   § 238-B. RENT REPORTING. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "NATIONWIDE
 CONSUMER  REPORTING AGENCY" SHALL INCLUDE AN AGENCY THAT MEETS THE DEFI-
 NITION IN 15 U.S.C. SECTION 1681A(P) OR  ANY  OTHER  CONSUMER  REPORTING
 AGENCY  THAT MEETS THE DEFINITION IN 15 U.S.C. SECTION 1681A(F), SO LONG
 AS THE CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY RESELLS OR OTHERWISE  FURNISHES  RENTAL
 PAYMENT INFORMATION TO A NATIONWIDE CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY THAT MEETS
 THE DEFINITION IN U.S.C. SECTION 1681A(P).
   2.  (A)  A  LANDLORD,  LESSOR,  SUB-LESSOR OR GRANTOR OF A RESIDENTIAL
 PROPERTY SHALL BE  PROHIBITED  FROM  REPORTING  A  RESIDENTIAL  TENANT'S
 RENTAL  PAYMENT  INFORMATION  TO  A NATIONWIDE CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY
 UNLESS NOTICE OF THE REPORTING WAS PROVIDED FOR IN THE LEASE OR CONTRACT
 BETWEEN THE LANDLORD, LESSOR, SUB-LESSOR OR GRANTOR AND THE TENANT.
   (B) SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOLLOWING:   "WE
 MAY  REPORT  INFORMATION  ABOUT  YOUR  ACCOUNT  TO  CREDIT BUREAUS. LATE
 PAYMENTS, MISSED PAYMENTS, OR OTHER DEFAULTS  ON  YOUR  ACCOUNT  MAY  BE
 REFLECTED IN YOUR CREDIT REPORT."
   (C) A LANDLORD, LESSOR, SUB-LESSOR OR GRANTOR OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPER-
 TY WHO FURNISHES NEGATIVE INFORMATION TO A NATIONWIDE CONSUMER REPORTING
 AGENCY  REGARDING A RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S RENTAL PAYMENTS SHALL PROVIDE A
 NOTICE OF SUCH FURNISHING OF NEGATIVE INFORMATION, IN  WRITING,  TO  THE
 TENANT.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  BE  MADE  NO  LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER
 FURNISHING THE NEGATIVE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONWIDE CONSUMER REPORTING
 AGENCY AND SHALL INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF  THE  TENANT'S  RIGHTS  UNDER  THE
 FEDERAL  FAIR  CREDIT  REPORTING  ACT (15 U.S.C. SECT. 1681 ET SEQ.) AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05007-06-6
 S. 10477--A                         2
 
 ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, INCLUDING THE RIGHT  TO
 ACCESS AND DISPUTE THE CONTENTS OF A CONSUMER REPORT.
   3.  (A)  ANY  LANDLORD, LESSOR, SUB-LESSOR OR GRANTOR OF A RESIDENTIAL
 PROPERTY WHO OFFERS A RESIDENTIAL TENANT OR  TENANTS  OBLIGATED  ON  THE
 LEASE  OF  EACH  UNIT THE OPTION OF HAVING SUCH TENANT'S POSITIVE RENTAL
 PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTED TO AT LEAST ONE NATIONWIDE CONSUMER REPORT-
 ING AGENCY SHALL FIRST  OBTAIN  THE  AUTHORIZATION  OF  SUCH  TENANT  OR
 TENANTS. A TENANT'S ELECTION TO HAVE POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION
 REPORTED  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL BE IN WRITING, AS DESCRIBED IN
 PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) NOTICE OF THE  OPTION  FOR  POSITIVE  RENTAL  PAYMENT  INFORMATION
 REPORTING  SHALL BE MADE AT THE TIME OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND AT LEAST
 ONCE ANNUALLY THEREAFTER AND FOR ANY RENEWAL OF SUCH LEASE.
   (C) THE NOTICE OF POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTING  SHALL
 INCLUDE A WRITTEN ELECTION OF RENT REPORTING THAT CONTAINS:
   (I) A STATEMENT THAT REPORTING OF THE TENANT'S POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT
 INFORMATION IS OPTIONAL;
   (II)  IDENTIFICATION  OF EACH CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY TO WHICH POSI-
 TIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION WILL BE REPORTED;
   (III) A STATEMENT DESCRIBING WHICH POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION
 WILL BE REPORTED;
   (IV) A STATEMENT THAT  EACH  CONSUMER  REPORTING  AGENCY  PERMITS  THE
 REPORTING  OF  PAYMENTS  MADE OVER THE PREVIOUS TWENTY-FOUR-MONTH PERIOD
 AND THAT THE TENANT MAY ELECT SUCH OPTION;
   (V) THE AMOUNT OF ANY FEE CHARGED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (E)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION;
   (VI)  A STATEMENT THAT THE TENANT MAY OPT INTO POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT
 INFORMATION REPORTING AT ANY TIME FOLLOWING THE  INITIAL  OFFER  BY  THE
 LANDLORD;
   (VII)  A  STATEMENT  THAT THE TENANT MAY ELECT TO STOP POSITIVE RENTAL
 PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTING AT ANY TIME, BUT THAT  THEY  WILL  NOT  BE
 ABLE  TO  RESUME  SUCH  REPORTING  FOR  AT  LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THEIR
 ELECTION TO OPT OUT;
   (VIII) INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO OPT OUT  OF  REPORTING  POSITIVE  RENTAL
 PAYMENT INFORMATION; AND
   (IX) A SIGNATURE BLOCK THAT THE TENANT SHALL DATE AND SIGN IN ORDER TO
 ACCEPT THE NOTICE OF POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTING.
   (D)  IT  IS  NOT NECESSARY THAT THE WRITTEN ELECTION TO BEGIN POSITIVE
 RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTING BE ACCEPTED BY THE  TENANT  AT  THE
 TIME  OF THE OFFER. A TENANT MAY SUBMIT THEIR COMPLETED WRITTEN ELECTION
 OF POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTING AT ANY TIME AFTER  THEY
 RECEIVE  THE  OFFER  OF  SUCH  REPORTING FROM THE LANDLORD. A TENANT MAY
 REQUEST AND SHALL OBTAIN ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE  WRITTEN  ELECTION  OF
 POSITIVE  RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION REPORTING FORM FROM THE LANDLORD AT
 ANY TIME.
   (E) IF A TENANT ELECTS TO HAVE THAT TENANT'S POSITIVE  RENTAL  PAYMENT
 INFORMATION  REPORTED TO A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY UNDER PARAGRAPH (A)
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE LANDLORD MAY REQUIRE THAT TENANT TO PAY  A  FEE
 NOT  TO  EXCEED THE LESSER OF THE ACTUAL COST TO THE LANDLORD TO PROVIDE
 THE SERVICE OR FIVE DOLLARS PER MONTH. THE PAYMENT OR NONPAYMENT OF THIS
 FEE BY THE TENANT SHALL NOT BE REPORTED TO A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY.
   (F) IF A TENANT FAILS TO PAY ANY FEE REQUIRED BY THE LANDLORD PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
   (I) THE FAILURE TO PAY THE FEE SHALL NOT BE CAUSE FOR  TERMINATION  OF
 THE TENANCY;
 S. 10477--A                         3
 
   (II)  THE  LANDLORD  SHALL NOT DEDUCT THE UNPAID FEE FROM THE TENANT'S
 SECURITY DEPOSIT; AND
   (III)  IF THE FEE REMAINS UNPAID FOR THIRTY DAYS OR MORE, THE LANDLORD
 MAY STOP REPORTING THE TENANT'S POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION  AND
 SUCH TENANT SHALL BE UNABLE TO ELECT POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMATION
 REPORTING  AGAIN  FOR  A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE
 FEE FIRST BECAME DUE.
   (G) A TENANT WHO ELECTS TO HAVE POSITIVE  RENTAL  PAYMENT  INFORMATION
 REPORTED  AS  DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY SUBSE-
 QUENTLY FILE A WRITTEN REQUEST WITH THEIR LANDLORD TO STOP THAT  REPORT-
 ING  WITH  WHICH  THE LANDLORD SHALL COMPLY. A TENANT WHO ELECTS TO STOP
 REPORTING SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ELECT POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT INFORMA-
 TION REPORTING AGAIN FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX MONTHS FROM  THE  DATE
 OF THE TENANT'S WRITTEN REQUEST TO STOP REPORTING.
   4.  A  RESIDENTIAL  TENANT  WHO ELECTS TO HAVE POSITIVE RENTAL PAYMENT
 INFORMATION REPORTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION  DOES
 NOT FORFEIT ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE. IF A RESIDENTIAL TENANT MAKES
 DEDUCTIONS  FROM  RENT OR OTHERWISE WITHHOLDS RENT AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS
 ARTICLE, THE DEDUCTIONS OR WITHHOLDING OF RENT SHALL  NOT  CONSTITUTE  A
 LATE  RENTAL  PAYMENT  ELIGIBLE  FOR  REPORTING TO A NATIONWIDE CONSUMER
 REPORTING AGENCY PROVIDED THE RESIDENTIAL TENANT INVOKING THE  RIGHT  TO
 REPAIR AND DEDUCT OR WITHHOLD RENT UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOTIFY THEIR
 LANDLORD  OF THE DEDUCTION OR WITHHOLDING PRIOR TO THE DATE RENT IS DUE.
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO RELIEVE  A  LANDLORD  OF  THE
 OBLIGATION  TO  MAINTAIN  HABITABLE  PREMISES  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-B OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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