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A04482 Summary:

BILL NOA04482 

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Amd §396-r, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits price gouging on certain consumer goods sold at thruway gas stations, restaurants, and other facilities.

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BILL NOA04482 

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02/04/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4482

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
 price gouging on certain consumer goods sold at thruway gas stations,
 restaurants, and other facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 396-r of the general business law,
 2 as amended by chapter 725 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. (a) During any abnormal disruption of the market for goods and
 5 services vital and necessary for the health, safety and welfare of
 6 consumers or the general public, no party within the chain of distrib-
 7 ution of such goods or services or both shall sell or offer to sell any
 8 such goods or services or both for an amount which represents an uncon-
 9 scionably excessive price.
 10 (b) For purposes of this section, the phrase "abnormal disruption of
 11 the market" shall mean any change in the market, whether actual or immi-
 12 nently threatened, resulting from stress of weather, convulsion of
 13 nature, failure or shortage of electric power or other source of energy,
 14 strike, civil disorder, war, military action, national or local emergen-
 15 cy, drug shortage, or other cause of an abnormal disruption of the
 16 market which results in the declaration of a state of emergency by the
 17 governor.
 18 (c) For purposes of this section, the term "drug shortage" shall mean,
 19 with respect to any drug or medical product intended for human use, that
 20 such drug or medical product is publicly reported as being subject to a
 21 shortage by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
 22 (d) For the purposes of this section, the term "goods and services"
 23 shall include (i) consumer goods and services used, bought or rendered
 24 primarily for personal, family or household purposes, (ii) essential

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06734-01-5

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 1 medical supplies and services used for the care, cure, mitigation,
 2 treatment or prevention of any illness or disease, and (iii) any other
 3 essential goods and services used to promote the health or welfare of
 4 the public.
 5 (e) This prohibition shall apply to all parties within the chain of
 6 distribution, including any manufacturer, supplier, wholesaler, distrib-
 7 utor or retail seller of goods or services or both sold by one party to
 8 another when the product sold was located in the state prior to the
 9 sale. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "goods and
 10 services" shall also include any repairs made by any party within the
 11 chain of distribution of goods on an emergency basis as a result of such
 12 abnormal disruption of the market.
 13 (f) This prohibition shall also apply to consumer good and services
 14 sold at service facilities established pursuant to subdivision ten of
 15 section three hundred fifty-four of the public authorities law. For the
 16 purposes of this subdivision, the term "goods and services" shall also
 17 include any repairs made by any party within the chain of distribution
 18 of goods on an emergency basis as a result of such abnormal disruption
 19 of the market.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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