New York S 6388: Relates to extending provisions relating to enforcement of support obligations through the suspension of driving privileges

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S06388 Summary:

BILL NOS06388A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03228-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§49 & 50, Gen Bus L

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Provides for notice of intention to sell and notice of surplus to be made by e-mail or text message.

Go to top S06388 Actions:

BILL NOS06388A

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03/13/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/04/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/04/2026PRINT NUMBER 6388A

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.833

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A3228A

&nbspA03228 AMEND=A Lavine

&nbsp01/27/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp05/19/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp06/05/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/12/2025reported 

&nbsp06/12/2025rules report cal.647

&nbsp06/12/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.647

&nbsp06/13/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/13/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.105

&nbsp01/20/2026amended on third reading 3228a

&nbsp01/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/28/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/28/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

&nbsp05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S6388A

&nbsp05/29/20263RD READING CAL.833

&nbsp05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6388--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
 recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing for
 electronic notice for collateral loan brokers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 49 of the general business law, as
 2 amended by chapter 594 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. [No pledge shall be sold unless written or printed notice of inten-
 5 tion to sell with a statement of the article or articles to be sold has
 6 been first mailed by letter addressed to the pledgor at the address
 7 given at the time of pledging at least thirty days prior to the date of
 8 sale] Notwithstanding any general or special statutes, local law and
 9 ordinances to the contrary, upon the tendering of a pledge, the pledgor
 10 may provide a collateral loan broker an email address or phone number to
 11 be used in the event a pledge is not timely redeemed for purposes of
 12 providing a notice of intention to sell. No pledge shall be sold unless
 13 a notice of intention to sell, with a statement of the article or arti-
 14 cles to be sold, is forwarded electronically, by email or text message,
 15 at least thirty days prior to the date of sale. A second notice of
 16 intention to sell shall be forwarded electronically, by email or text
 17 message, to the pledgor at least fifteen days prior to the sale. Alter-
 18 natively, a pledgor may at the time of tendering a pledge elect to
 19 receive a notice of intention to sell by United States postal service
 20 mail with a statement of the articles to be sold by letter addressed and
 21 mailed to the pledgor at the address given at the time of pledging at
 22 least thirty days prior to the date of the sale. A pledgor may at any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07205-03-6

 S. 6388--A 2

 1 time prior to the transmission of the second notice referenced above, or
 2 mailing of a letter addressed to the pledgor, provide one or more
 3 updated addresses or phone numbers to be used for purposes of trans-
 4 mission of a notice of intention to sell and the collateral loan broker
 5 shall accordingly employ a substitute new address