New York A 1783: Enacts the "monk parakeet protection act"

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A01783 Summary:

BILL NOA01783 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05248

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§770, 771, 771-a & 772, add §§771-c - 771-g, Gen Bus L; amd §155.05, Pen L; amd §125, Gen Muni L; add
§99-a, Exec L

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Establishes the home improvement fraud prevention act relating to the responsibilities of home improvement contractors and requiring home improvement contractors to register with the secretary of state.

Go to top A01783 Actions:

BILL NOA01783 

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01/14/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

04/21/2026reported referred to codes

05/05/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA01783 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION Chair:Rozic 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:16/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RozicAyeMikulinAye

FallAyeMillerAye

TaylorAyeBlumencranzAye

RajkumarAyeDursoAye

ForrestAyeBolognaAye

SimoneAye

LeeAye

AlvarezAye

CunninghamAye

TorresAye

CarrollAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/05/2026AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightExcusedMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresAbsent

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA01783 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01783 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1783

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, the penal law, the general
 municipal law and the executive law, in relation to the registration
 of home improvement contractors

 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 "home
 2 improvement fraud prevention act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 770 of the general business law, as
 4 added by chapter 32 of the laws of 1989, is amended and a new subdivi-
 5 sion 9 is added to read as follows:
 6 7. "Custom home" means a new single family residence or a two family
 7 dwelling designed for and occupied exclusively by two families living
 8 separately to be constructed on premises owned of record by the purchas-
 9 er at the time of contract, provided that such residence is intended for
 10 residential occupancy by such purchaser [and the contract of sale is
 11 entered into on or after the first day of March, nineteen hundred nine-
 12 ty].
 13 9. "Subcontractor" means a person who enters into a contract with a
 14 home improvement contractor or with a subcontractor of a home improve-
 15 ment contractor to furnish home improvement services to the owner's real
 16 property and has no direct contract with the owner.
 17 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 771 of the general
 18 business law, as added by chapter 421 of the laws of 1987, is amended to
 19 read as follows:
 20 (a) The name, address, telephone number, registration number from the
 21 department of state, and license number, if applicable, of the contrac-
 22 tor.
 23 § 4. Section 771-a of the general business law, as added by chapter
 24 626 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04650-01-5

 A. 1783 2

 1 § 771-a. Responsibilities of home improvement contractors. No home
 2 improvement contractor shall engage in any activity, transaction, or
 3 course of business or pay or receive any fee, payment, money, or other
 4 thing of value in connection with the financing of a home improvement
 5 contract without fully disclosing such activity, transaction, or course
 6 of business and any fees, payment, or other thing of value paid or to be
 7 paid in connection therewith, [and] without having obtained the agree-
 8 ment in writing from all parties to the transaction to such activity and
 9 the p