New York S 4927: Requires third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services to provide the ability to include a gratuity at the same point in the online order process when the underlying order is placed

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S04927 Summary:

BILL NOS04927B

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SAME ASSAME AS A07376-B

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §391-vv, Gen Bus L

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Requires third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services to provide the ability to include a gratuity at the same point in the online order process when the underlying order is placed; provides that customers shall not be required to pay a gratuity; provides that third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services shall not reduce the compensation of any worker as a result of gratuities; establishes penalties for violations of such provisions.

Go to top S04927 Actions:

BILL NOS04927B

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

04/16/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

04/16/2026PRINT NUMBER 4927A

05/27/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 4927B

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1615

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A7376B

&nbspA07376 AMEND=B Mitaynes

&nbsp03/25/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp04/15/2026amend (t) and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp04/15/2026print number 7376a

&nbsp04/21/2026reported referred to codes

&nbsp05/05/2026reported 

&nbsp05/07/2026advanced to third reading cal.458

&nbsp05/11/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/11/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/11/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

&nbsp05/28/2026recalled from senate

&nbsp05/28/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/28/2026vote reconsidered - restored to third reading

&nbsp05/28/2026amended on third reading (t) 7376b

&nbsp06/01/2026repassed assembly

&nbsp06/01/2026returned to senate

&nbsp06/01/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S4927B

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1615

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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Go to topS04927 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4927--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
 recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the payment of
 gratuities for orders placed through third-party food delivery
 services and third-party grocery delivery 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
 2 391-vv to read as follows:
 3 § 391-vv. Third-party food delivery gratuity charge. 1. As used in
 4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Gratuity" means a sum of money (i) paid voluntarily by a customer
 6 when placing an online order or after delivery of such online order,
 7 (ii) that is in addition to the purchase price and other mandatory
 8 charges such as taxes and fees, (iii) the amount of which the customer
 9 may choose, and (iv) that is referred to on the third-party food deliv-
 10 ery platform as a gratuity, tip or other similar term that would suggest
 11 to a reasonable person that the sum, or a substantial portion thereof,
 12 would be received by the worker delivering goods in addition to such
 13 worker's base wage.
 14 (b) "Third-party food delivery service" shall have the same meaning as
 15 in section three hundred ninety-one-v of this article.
 16 (c) "Third-party grocery delivery service" means any website, mobile
 17 application, or other internet service that facilitates, offers or
 18 arranges for the delivery of goods from a business establishment that is
 19 licensed as a food p