New York A 4204: Requires that digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of identical value

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A04204 Summary:

BILL NOA04204A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSayegh

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COSPNSRDinowitz, Torres

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §396-oo, Gen Bus L

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Requires that retail mercantile establishments offering digital coupons make such coupons available to consumers in paper form of identical value; provides exceptions; provides for violations and penalties.

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BILL NOA04204A

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01/31/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

02/17/2026amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

02/17/2026print number 4204a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4204--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
 sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring that
 digital coupons are made available to consumers in paper form of iden-
 tical value

 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
 2 396-oo to read as follows:
 3 § 396-oo. Digital coupons; availability of paper coupons. 1. For
 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 (a) "digital coupon" means a store voucher, rebate or similar instru-
 7 ment that is offered to a consumer online through a website, mobile
 8 application, or other online platform;
 9 (b) "retail mercantile establishment" shall have the same meaning as
 10 section two hundred seventeen of this chapter; and
 11 (c) "online retailer" shall have the same meaning as section two
 12 hundred seventeen of this chapter.
 13 2. Every retail mercantile establishment selling or offering for sale
 14 goods or services that offers a digital coupon shall make available to a
 15 consumer a paper coupon of identical value.
 16 3. This section shall not apply to online retailers operating exclu-
 17 sively through websites, mobile applications or other online platforms
 18 or to retail mercantile establishments offering a particular good for
 19 sale only through a website, mobile application or other online plat-
 20 form.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06587-02-6

 A. 4204--A 2

 1 4. The secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations necessary to
 2 effectuate the purposes of this section.
 3 5. Any person that violates the provisions of subdivision two of this
 4 section shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to two hundred fifty
 5 dollars for a first offense and up to five hundred dollars for any
 6 subsequent offense. The provisions of this section shall be enforced
 7 concurrently by the director or commissioner of a municipal consumer
 8 affairs office, or by the town attorney, city corporation coun-
 9 sel, or other lawful designee of a municipality or local government, and
 10 all moneys collected thereunder shall be retained by such municipality
 11 or local government.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
 13 a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of
 14 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 15 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 16 such effective date.

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