New York S 5615: Requires businesses that allow automatic renewals, continuous service offers, and automatic subscription renewals to provide notice regarding cancelling such renewals

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S05615 Summary:

BILL NOS05615A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03928-B

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BROUK, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, KRUEGER, PARKER, RAMOS, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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Amd §527-a, Gen Bus L

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Requires businesses that allow automatic renewals, continuous service offers, and automatic subscription renewals to provide notice regarding cancelling such renewals, services, or subscriptions.

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BILL NOS05615A

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02/25/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/27/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 5615A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5615--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAY, ADDABBO, FERNANDEZ, KRUEGER, RAMOS, SCARCELLA-
 SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to automatic
 renewals, continuous service offers, and automatic subscription
 renewals

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "click to
 2 cancel act".
 3 § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 527-a of the general
 4 business law, as added by chapter 267 of the laws of 2020, is amended
 5 to read as follows:
 6 c. fail to provide an acknowledgment that includes the automatic
 7 renewal or continuous service offer terms, cancellation policy, and
 8 information regarding how to cancel in a clear and conspicuous manner
 9 that is capable of being retained by the consumer. If the offer includes
 10 a free gift or trial, the business shall also disclose in the acknowl-
 11 edgment [how to cancel and allow the consumer to cancel before the
 12 consumer pays for the goods or services] the price that will be charged
 13 after the free gift or trial period ends, and if the free gift or trial
 14 period lasts for more than thirty-one days followed by an upcoming auto-
 15 matic renewal or continuous service charge to such consumer's account,
 16 the business shall provide such acknowledgement at least three days
 17 before, but not more than twenty-one days before, the cancellation dead-
 18 line for such automatic renewal or continuous service charge. Such
 19 notice shall include instructions on how to cancel and allow the consum-
 20 er to cancel before the consumer pays for the automatic renewal or
 21 continuous service charge.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02152-07-5

 S. 5615--A 2

 1 § 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 527-a of the general
 2 business law, as added by chapter 728 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 b. A business that allows a consumer to accept an automatic renewal or
 5 continuous service offer for an initial paid term of one year or long-
 6 er[, provided that such automatic renewal or continuous service renews
 7 for a paid term of six months or longer,] with a renewal term of more
 8 than thirty-one days shall notify such consumer of such upcoming auto-
 9 matic renewal or continuous service charge to such consumer's account at
 10 least fifteen days before, but not more than forty-five days before, the
 11 cancellation deadline for such automatic renewal or continuous service
 12 charge. Such notice shall include instructions on how to cancel such
 13 renewal or continuous service charge.
 14 § 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 527-a of the general
 15 business law, as amended by chapter 728 of the laws of 2023, is amended
 16 and a new paragraph d is added to read as follows:
 17 a. In addition to the requirements of subdivision two of this section,
 18 a consumer who accepts an automatic renewal or continuous service offer
 19 online shall be allowed to terminate the automat