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S04375 Summary:

BILL NOS04375A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03369-A

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Amd §399-c, Gen Bus L

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Requires mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts to be disclosed and explained to the consumer.

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BILL NOS04375A

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/06/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/06/2025PRINT NUMBER 4375A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4375--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
 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
 notice of mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts

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

 1 Section 1. Section 399-c of the general business law, as added by
 2 chapter 946 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 399-c. Mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts
 4 [prohibited]. 1. Definitions.
 5 a. The term "consumer" shall mean a natural person residing in this
 6 state.
 7 b. The term "consumer goods" shall mean goods, wares, paid merchandise
 8 or services purchased or paid for by a consumer, the intended use or
 9 benefit of which is intended for the personal, family or household
 10 purposes of such consumer.
 11 c. The term "mandatory arbitration clause" shall mean a term or
 12 provision contained in a written contract for the sale or purchase of
 13 consumer goods, which requires the parties to such contract to submit
 14 any controversy thereafter arising under such contract to arbitration
 15 prior to the commencement of any legal action to enforce the provisions
 16 of such contract and which also further provides language to the effect
 17 that the decision of the arbitrator or panel of arbitrators in its
 18 application to the consumer party shall be final and not subject to
 19 court review.
 20 d. The term "arbitration" shall mean the use of a decision making
 21 forum conducted by an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators within the
 22 meaning and subject to the provisions of article seventy-five of the
 23 civil practice law and rules.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05854-03-5

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 1 e. The term "representative" shall mean an employee or agent of a
 2 company who is responsible for administering a contract for consumer
 3 goods to a consumer.
 4 2. a. Prohibition. No written contract for the sale or purchase of
 5 consumer goods, entered into on or after the effective date of this
 6 section, to which a consumer is a party, shall contain a mandatory arbi-
 7 tration clause. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit
 8 a non-consumer party from incorporating a provision within such contract
 9 that such non-consumer party agrees that the decision of the arbitrator
 10 or panel of arbitrators shall be final in its application to such non-
 11 consumer party and not subject to court review.
 12 b. Mandatory arbitration clause null and void. The provisions of a
 13 mandatory arbitration clause shall be null and void. The inclusion of
 14 such clause in a written contract for the sale or purchase of consumer
 15 goods shall not serve to impair the enforceability of any other
 16 provision of such contract.
 17 3. In the event that a consumer is required to sign a contract for
 18 consumer goods containing a mandatory arbitration clause the represen-
 19 tative shall disclose the mandatory arbitration clause to the consumer
 20 and clearly explain, in plain language, what an arbitration clause is.
 21 If the consumer is agreeing to a contract by any form of contact that is
 22 not personal, including but not limited