New York S 926: Relates to arbitration organizations

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S00926 Summary:

BILL NOS00926 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03318

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRCLEARE, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §399-c, Gen Bus L

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Relates to arbitration organizations; requires private arbitration organizations involved in fifty or more consumer arbitrations per year to collect, publish at least quarterly, and make available to the public in a computer-searchable database certain information relating to such arbitrations; prohibits financial conflicts of interest.

Go to top S00926 Actions:

BILL NOS00926 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.411

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/21/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A3318

&nbspA03318 AMEND= Dinowitz

&nbsp01/27/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp06/05/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.558

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.558

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.106

&nbsp03/30/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/30/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/30/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

&nbsp04/21/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S926

&nbsp04/21/20263RD READING CAL.411

&nbsp04/21/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/21/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 926

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to arbitration
 organizations

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 399-c of the general business law
 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
 3 e. The term "arbitration organization" shall mean an association,
 4 agency, board, commission, or other entity that is neutral and initi-
 5 ates, sponsors, or administers an arbitration proceeding or is involved
 6 in the appointment of an arbitrator unless such involvement is limited
 7 to a contractual relationship that authorizes the use of arbitration.
 8 § 2. Section 399-c of the general business law is amended by adding
 9 three new subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 to read as follows:
 10 3. a. Any private arbitration organization that administers or is
 11 otherwise involved in fifty or more consumer arbitrations a year shall
 12 collect, publish at least quarterly, and make available to the public in
 13 a computer-searchable database that permits searching with multiple
 14 search terms in the same search, which shall be accessible at the inter-
 15 net website of the private arbitration organization, if any, and on
 16 paper upon request, all of the following information regarding each
 17 consumer arbitration it has administered or otherwise been involved in
 18 within the preceding five years:
 19 (1) The name of the non-consumer party, if the non-consumer party is a
 20 corporation or other business entity;
 21 (2) The state and zip code in which the consumer party resided at the
 22 time of arbitration;
 23 (3) The type of dispute involved, including goods, banking, insurance,
 24 health care, employment, and, if it involves employment, the amount of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02355-01-5

 S. 926 2

 1 the employee's annual wage divided into the following ranges: less than
 2 one hundred thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars to two
 3 hundred fifty thousand dollars, inclusive, and over two hundred fifty
 4 thousand dollars;
 5 (4) Whether the consumer was the prevailing party;
 6 (5) On how many occasions, if any, the non-consumer party has previ-
 7 ously been a party in an arbitration or mediation administered by the
 8 private arbitration organization;
 9 (6) Whether the consumer party was represented by an attorney and,