New York S 9870: Enacts "Shavon's law" prohibiting enforcement of a lien where an occupant has a pending social services department storage fee assistance request or appeal

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S09870 Summary:

BILL NOS09870 

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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Enacts "Shavon's law" prohibiting enforcement of a lien where an occupant has a pending social services department storage fee assistance request or appeal; provides the necessary steps for ensuring such enforcement is paused.

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BILL NOS09870 

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04/09/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1190

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9870

 IN SENATE

 April 9, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the lien law, in relation to prohibiting enforcement of
 a lien where the occupant has a pending social services department
 storage fee assistance request or appeal

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Shavon's law".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 182 of the lien law is amended by adding
 4 three new paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) to read as follows:
 5 (i) "Social services department" shall mean the division or officer of
 6 city government or the office, official or board charged with authority
 7 to administer public assistance or care in a county social services
 8 district.
 9 (j) "Storage assistance" shall mean any allowance or grant adminis-
 10 tered by a social services department to pay storage or other fees to
 11 the owner.
 12 (k) "Supporting evidence" includes, but is not limited to, a paper or
 13 digital copy of one of the following: (i) the occupant's application to
 14 a social services department for storage assistance; (ii) a social
 15 services department's receipt of such application; (iii) a social
 16 services department's written determination; (iv) a request for a fair
 17 hearing to contest denial or delay of an application for storage assist-
 18 ance, or acknowledgement of such a request; (v) a decision after a fair
 19 hearing on a social services department's determination or delay,
 20 including a decision that the social services department shall grant,
 21 evaluate, or reevaluate the occupant's application; or (vi) the occu-
 22 pant's social services department mobile application indicating a docu-
 23 ment described in subparagraphs (i) through (v) of this paragraph.
 24 § 2. Subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of paragraph (a) of
 25 subdivision 2 of section 182 of the lien law are renumbered (iii), (iv),
 26 (v), (vi) and (vii) and a new subparagraph (ii) is added to read as
 27 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15504-01-6

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 1 (ii) name, address, electronic mailing address, and telephone number
 2 of the social services department the occupant designates as responsible
 3 for the occupant's payments under the agreement;
 4 § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 182 of the lien law, as
 5 amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 (c) Every occupancy agreement as required by this section shall
 8 contain the following conspicuous notices: (i) "Notice: The monthly
 9 occupancy charge and other charges stated in this agreement are the
 10 actual charges you must pay"; (ii) "Notice: You may choose to be
 11 contacted for legal matters related to late or lien notices, via elec-
 12 tronic mail by providing your electronic mail address in at least two
 13 locations within the occupancy agreement"; (iii) "Notice: Auction of
 14 your items is prohibited if you provide evidence or a social services
 15 department certifies that there is a pending social services department
 16 storage assistance payment, application for storage assistance, or fair
 17 hearing request regarding a storage assistance decision or delay. If a
 18 socia