New York A 1371: Relates to establishing a task force to study and report on the potential implementation of blockchain technology in state record keeping, information storage, and service delivery

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A01371 Summary:

BILL NOA01371 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon (MS)

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COSPNSRHyndman, Woerner, Colton, Glick, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSRCook, Dilan, Epstein, Magnarelli, Sayegh, Steck, Stirpe

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Add §398-g, Gen Bus L

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Relates to prohibiting consumer contract provisions waiving the consumer's right to make statements concerning goods or services.

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BILL NOA01371 

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01/09/2025referred 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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 1371

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, HYNDMAN, WOERNER, COLTON, GLICK, LEVENBERG
 -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DILAN, EPSTEIN, MAGNARELLI,
 SAYEGH, STECK, STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
 consumer contract provisions waiving the consumer's right to make
 statements concerning goods or services

 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
 2 398-g to read as follows:
 3 § 398-g. Provisions waiving the consumer's right to make statements
 4 concerning goods or services in consumer contracts prohibited. 1. (a) A
 5 contract or proposed contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or
 6 services shall not include a provision waiving the consumer's right to
 7 make any statement regarding the seller or lessor or its employees or
 8 agents, or concerning the goods or services.
 9 (b) It shall be unlawful to threaten or to seek to enforce a provision
 10 made unlawful under this section, or to otherwise penalize a consumer
 11 for making any statement protected under this section.
 12 2. Any waiver of the provisions of this section is contrary to public
 13 policy, and is void and unenforceable.
 14 3. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a civil
 15 penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for the first
 16 violation, and five thousand dollars for the second and for each subse-
 17 quent violation, to be assessed and collected in a civil action brought
 18 by the consumer, by the attorney general, or by the district attorney or
 19 city attorney of the county or city in which the violation occurred.
 20 When collected, the civil penalty shall be payable, as appropriate, to
 21 the consumer or to the general fund of whichever governmental entity
 22 brought the action to assess the civil penalty.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02731-01-5

 A. 1371 2

 1 4. In addition, for a willful, intentional, or reckless violation of
 2 this section, a consumer, the attorney general, or the district attorney
 3 or city attorney of the county or city in which the violation occurred
 4 may recover a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars.
 5 5. The penalty provided by this section is not an exclusive remedy,
 6 and does not affect any other relief or remedy provided by law. This
 7 section shall not be construed to prohibit or limit a person or business
 8 that hosts online consumer reviews or comments from removing a statement
 9 that is otherwise lawful to remove.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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