New York S 1541: Relates to improvements in the state central register of child abuse and maltreatment

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S01541 Summary:

BILL NOS01541A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00852-B

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §391-c, Gen Bus L

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Requires bicycles advertised for sale or resale in New York state to have an identifying serial number in legible boldfaced figures in one of certain specified areas on the bicycle; requires advertisements for bicycles to clearly and conspicuously include a photograph of such bicycles; exempts online marketplaces from placing identifying serial numbers on bicycles.

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BILL NOS01541A

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/06/20251ST REPORT CAL.941

05/07/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/08/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/08/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1541A

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/17/20261ST REPORT CAL.539

03/18/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/19/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A852B

&nbspA00852 AMEND=B Paulin

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp02/24/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp04/02/2025reported 

&nbsp04/03/2025advanced to third reading cal.83

&nbsp04/10/2025amended on third reading 852a

&nbsp05/08/2025amended on third reading 852b

&nbsp05/20/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/20/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/20/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.32

&nbsp03/17/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/17/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/17/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S1541A

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.539

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1541--A
 Cal. No. 941

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
 reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
 report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
 retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring bicy-
 cles advertised for sale or resale in New York state to have an iden-
 tifying serial number

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1-a of section 391-c of the
 2 general business law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 1986, is
 3 amended and three new paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) are added to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (a) No bicycle manufactured or assembled on or after January first,
 6 nineteen hundred eighty-nine shall be sold [or], offered for sale, or
 7 offered and advertised for resale in this state unless it has an identi-
 8 fying serial number that distinguishes that bicycle from all other bicy-
 9 cles of that same make and model permanently and visibly engraved or
 10 stamped in readily legible boldfaced figures at least one-eighth [inch-
 11 es] of an inch in height on the top surface of the top crossbar or of
 12 the uppermost cross support of the bicycle frame or on the head tube or
 13 on the toeplate not obstructed by the derailleur or gear wheels or on
 14 the crank hanger; or, on a label, shield or plate permanently affixed in
 15 any of the foregoing locations in such a manner that the serial number
 16 will be readily visible and that such label, plate or shield cannot be
 17 removed without being defaced or destroyed.
 18 (d) No bicycle manufactured or assembled on or after January first,
 19 nineteen hundred eighty-nine shall be advertised for resale in this
 20 state unless a photograph of the bicycle and at least the last four

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03270-04-5

 S. 1541--A 2

 1 digits of its identifying serial number are clearly and conspicuously
 2 posted in such advertisement for sale.
 3 (e) If any p