New York A 8197: Provides an insurance premium reduction for landscape businesses whose employees complete a safety course for the landscape industry

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A08197 Summary:

BILL NOA08197 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORNovakhov

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COSPNSRBrook-Krasny, Chang

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §95, Soc Serv L; add §397-c, Gen Bus L

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Requires signage warning about EBT/SNAP skimming at all retail food stores; mandates chip-enabled point-of-sale systems for SNAP transactions.

Go to top A08197 Actions:

BILL NOA08197 

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05/05/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

05/27/2026held for consideration in social services

Go to topA08197 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES Chair:Davila 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:12/4 Action: Held for Consideration DavilaAyeMolitorNay

SolagesAyeSimpsonNay

EichensteinAyeMcDonoughExcused

ReyesAyeFriendNay

ForrestAyeBaileyNay

Gonzalez-RojasAye

De Los SantosAye

RagaExcused

BergerAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

O'PharrowAye

MorenoAye

Go to topA08197 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08197 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8197

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. NOVAKHOV, BROOK-KRASNY, CHANG -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the general business law, in
 relation to requiring signage warning about EBT/SNAP skimming and
 mandating chip-enabled point-of-sale systems for SNAP transactions

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that Electronic
 2 Benefit Transfer (EBT) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 3 (SNAP) recipients are increasingly at risk of benefit theft due to the
 4 use of illegal skimming devices installed on point-of-sale terminals.
 5 These devices compromise the security of magnetic stripe cards and cause
 6 significant financial harm to vulnerable New Yorkers. To mitigate this
 7 threat, it is necessary to raise consumer awareness through mandatory
 8 signage and to modernize payment systems by requiring chip-enabled card
 9 readers in all retail establishments that accept SNAP.
 10 § 2. Section 95 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 11 subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 12 12. (a) All retail food stores, and authorized SNAP retailers located
 13 in the state shall prominently display a sign at each public entrance to
 14 the store warning customers about the potential for SNAP/EBT skimming
 15 fraud.
 16 (b) Such sign shall be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven
 17 inches, written in plain language, and include the following or substan-
 18 tially similar message:
 19 WARNING: EBT and SNAP benefits may be at risk of theft through illegal
 20 skimming devices.
 21 Do not swipe your card if the card reader appears damaged or tampered
 22 with.
 23 Use chip-enabled terminals when available. Report suspected fraud to the
 24 NYS EBT Customer Service at 1-888-328-6399.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11692-01-5

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 1 (c) The office of temporary and disability assistance shall develop
 2 and make available a standardized sign template for use by all affected
 3 retailers.
 4 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 397-c
 5 to read as follows:
 6 § 397-c. SNAP security at point-of-sale terminals. 1. Beginning the
 7 first of January next succeeding the effective date of this section, all
 8 businesses in the state that accept supplemental nutrition assistance
 9 program (SNAP) benefits shall install and utilize point-of-sale termi-
 10 nals that support Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip card func-
 11 tionality for electronic benefit transfer (EBT) transactions.
 12 2. Any business that fails to comply with the provisions of this
 13 section shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to five hundred
 14 dollars for each violation, unless such business can demonstrate that
 15 compliance was not feasible due to equipment availability or other
 16 circumstances as determined by the department of agriculture and
 17 markets.
 18 3. The department of agriculture and markets, in consultatio