New York S 8580: Requires police officers to report the misconduct of a police officer

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S08580 Summary:

BILL NOS08580A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09274-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRSANDERS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§399-ooo & 399-oooo, Gen Bus L

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Requires merchants to round cash purchases to the nearest five cent denomination in order to encourage the reduction of the circulation of pennies within New York state.

Go to top S08580 Actions:

BILL NOS08580A

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11/14/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/13/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 8580A

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1380

06/03/2026VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9274A

&nbspA09274 AMEND=A McDonald

&nbsp11/21/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

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

&nbsp03/24/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/21/2026reported 

&nbsp04/23/2026advanced to third reading cal.368

&nbsp04/27/2026passed assembly

&nbsp04/27/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp04/27/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

&nbsp05/13/2026recalled from senate

&nbsp05/13/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/13/2026vote reconsidered - restored to third reading

&nbsp05/13/2026amended on third reading 9274a

&nbsp05/18/2026repassed assembly

&nbsp05/18/2026returned to senate

&nbsp06/03/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8580A

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1380

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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

Go to topS08580 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8580--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 November 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
 mitted 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

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 merchants to round cash purchases to the nearest five cent denomi-
 nation in order to reduce the circulation of pennies within New York
 state

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New Yorkers for Common Cents Act".
 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
 4 ooo to read as follows:
 5 § 399-ooo. Exact change exemption. Failure to provide exact change in
 6 the event exact change would include a penny or pennies, and charging
 7 less for credit than for cash based on the inability to provide exact
 8 change that would include a penny or pennies, shall not be a violation
 9 of any state law or regulation, including but not limited to consumer
 10 protection laws.
 11 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
 12 oooo to read as follows:
 13 § 399-oooo. Calculation of prices. 1. For the purposes of this
 14 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 15 (a) "Merchant" shall mean any person, corporation, or partnership
 16 engaged in the business of the sale of goods or services engaging in
 17 face-to-face, in-person sales.
 18 (b) "Legal tender" shall mean all coins and currencies of the United
 19 States.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11817-06-6

 S. 8580--A 2

 1 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
 2 merchant doing business in this state shall determine the total price of
 3 such goods or services in the following manner:
 4 (a) prices of goods and services shall be totaled, any discount or
 5 deduction therefor made, and sales tax or other tax imposed, if any,
 6 added to that total in accordance with the law of the municipality in
 7 which such goods or services are sold; and
 8 (b)(i) if a mill, one cent, two cents, six cents, or seven cents is at
 9 the