New York A 9294: Relates to the disclosure of tenant screening criteria

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A09294 Summary:

BILL NOA09294A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10343

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SPONSORTapia

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §238-b, RP L

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Provides that a landlord shall provide a prospective tenant a written disclosure of the tenant screening criteria used to evaluate rental applications prior to accepting any fee, deposit, or screening information from such prospective tenant.

Go to top A09294 Actions:

BILL NOA09294A

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12/10/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

03/20/2026amend (t) and recommit to housing

03/20/2026print number 9294a

05/20/2026reported referred to codes

05/28/2026reported referred to rules

05/29/2026reported 

05/29/2026rules report cal.271

05/29/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.271

Go to topA09294 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HOUSING Chair:Rosenthal 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:18/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RosenthalAyeFitzpatrickNay

CookExcusedNovakhovAye

KimAyeBrown K Nay

WalkerAyeBrown EANay

Bichotte HermelAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

DavilaAyeChangNay

EichensteinNayNorberNay

MeeksExcusedMolitorNay

BurdickAye

RiveraAye

JacksonAye

KellesAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LevenbergAye

DaisAye

TorresAye

ReyesAbsent

ZaccaroAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/28/2026AYE/NAY:13/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/29/2026AYE/NAY:17/9 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeBrabenecNay

DinowitzAyePalmesanoNay

ColtonAyeReillyNay

MagnarelliAyeSmithNay

PaulinAyeJensenNay

Peoples-StokesExcusedGandolfoNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorExcused

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09294 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09294 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9294--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing 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 real property law, in relation to the disclosure of
 tenant screening criteria

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

 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
 2 238-b to read as follows:
 3 § 238-b. Disclosure of tenant screening criteria. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section:
 5 (a) "Tenant screening criteria" shall mean the complete list of objec-
 6 tive and subjective factors a landlord uses to evaluate rental applica-
 7 tions. This includes, but is not limited to, financial history, credit
 8 score thresholds, income requirements, criminal background, references,
 9 and completeness or accuracy of the application.
 10 (b) "Landlord" shall mean any owner, lessor, sublessor, assignor, or
 11 managing agent of, or any other person having the right to rent or lease
 12 a housing accommodation, or any agent or employee thereof.
 13 2. (a) Prior to accepting any payment, fee or charge for the process-
 14 ing, review or acceptance of an application pursuant to subdivision one
 15 of section two hundred thirty-eight-a of this article or screening
 16 information from a prospective tenant, a landlord shall provide to the
 17 applicant a clear and conspicuous written disclosure of the tenant
 18 screening criteria used to evaluate rental applications. Such disclosure
 19 shall include:
 20 (i) a detailed list of the screening criteria, which may include but
 21 is not limited to:
 22 (A) credit history and minimum credit score thresholds, if any;
 23 (B) criminal history policies;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law