New York A 2176: Relates to requiring motor vehicle dealers to search for recalls and make certain repairs prior to selling a used motor vehicle

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A02176 Summary:

BILL NOA02176 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05596

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSRWeprin, Sayegh, Santabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §198-d, amd §199, Gen Bus L

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Requires motor vehicle dealers to search for recalls and make certain repairs prior to selling a used motor vehicle.

Go to top A02176 Actions:

BILL NOA02176 

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01/15/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

04/21/2026reported referred to codes

Go to topA02176 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION Chair:Rozic 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:11/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RozicAyeMikulinNay

FallAyeMillerNay

TaylorAyeBlumencranzNay

RajkumarAyeDursoNay

ForrestAyeBolognaNay

SimoneAye

LeeAye

AlvarezAye

CunninghamAye

TorresAye

CarrollAye

Go to topA02176 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA02176 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2176

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, WEPRIN, SAYEGH, SANTABARBARA -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring motor
 vehicle dealers to search for recalls and make certain repairs prior
 to selling a used motor vehicle

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 198-d to read as follows:
 3 § 198-d. Used motor vehicles; recalls. 1. For the purpose of this
 4 section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Dealer" shall have the same meaning as in paragraph three of
 6 subdivision a of section one hundred ninety-eight-b of this article.
 7 (b) "Used motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as in paragraph
 8 two of subdivision a of section one hundred ninety-eight-b of this arti-
 9 cle.
 10 2. Prior to offering a contract for sale of a used motor vehicle at
 11 retail, the dealer, or their agent, shall make a good faith effort to
 12 determine whether a manufacturer or the national highway traffic safety
 13 administration has issued any recall applicable to such used motor vehi-
 14 cle. Upon determining that a manufacturer or such administration has
 15 issued any recall applicable to such used motor vehicle, a dealer, or
 16 their agent, must make or cause repairs to be made pursuant to the
 17 manufacturer's or such administration's recall such that the recall is
 18 satisfied.
 19 § 2. Section 199 of the general business law, as added by chapter 900
 20 of the laws of 1956 and as renumbered by chapter 582 of the laws of
 21 1970, is amended to read as follows:
 22 § 199. Penalties. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the
 23 provisions of section one hundred [ninety-six] ninety-eight-d of this
 24 article shall be liable in an action brought on behalf of the people of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04062-01-5

 A. 2176 2

 1 the state of New York in the sum of [one] five thousand dollars for each
 2 [of] such [violations] violation.
 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 4 have become a law.

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