New York A 439: Removes dealers of ammunition from certain provisions regarding the use of certain merchant category-codes by payment card networks

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A00439 Summary:

BILL NOA00439 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00745

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRSeawright

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §529-a, Gen Bus L (as proposed in S.8479-A & A.9862-A)

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Removes dealers of ammunition from certain provisions that require the use of certain merchant category-codes by payment card networks for firearm merchants.

Go to top A00439 Actions:

BILL NOA00439 

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01/08/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/14/2025reported referred to rules

01/14/2025reported 

01/14/2025rules report cal.9

01/14/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.9

03/19/2025substituted by s745

&nbspS00745 AMEND= MYRIE

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.20

&nbsp02/03/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/03/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/03/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp03/19/2025substituted for a439

&nbsp03/19/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.9

&nbsp03/19/2025passed assembly

&nbsp03/19/2025returned to senate

&nbsp03/31/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp04/03/2025SIGNED CHAP.116

Go to topA00439 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:26/3 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION Chair:Rozic 
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:10/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules RozicAyeMikulinNay

FallAyeMillerNay

GallagherAyeBlumencranzNay

RajkumarAyeDursoNay

ForrestAyeBolognaNay

BoresExcused

LeeAye

AlvarezAye

CunninghamAye

TorresAye

CarrollAye

Go to topA00439 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA00439 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 439

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to removing deal-
 ers of ammunition from certain provisions regarding the use of certain
 merchant category-codes by payment card networks

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 529-a of the general busi-
 2 ness law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general
 3 business law relating to requiring payment card networks to use certain
 4 merchant category-codes for firearm merchants, as proposed in legisla-
 5 tive bills numbers S. 8479-A and A. 9862-A, are amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 8 the following meanings:
 9 (a) ["Dealer of ammunition" means any person who engages in the busi-
 10 ness of purchasing, selling or keeping ammunition in this state.
 11 (b)] "Dealer of firearms" means a gunsmith or dealers in firearms in
 12 this state licensed pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law, for
 13 which the highest sales value is, or is expected to be, from the
 14 combined sale in New York of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammuni-
 15 tion, as stated by the business to its merchant acquirer in the ordinary
 16 course of business.
 17 [(c)] (b) "Firearm" has the same meaning as that term is defined in
 18 subdivision three of section 265.00 of the penal law.
 19 2. (a) On or before November first, two thousand twenty-four, each
 20 payment card network shall make the merchant category-code for firearms
 21 and ammunition businesses established by the international organization
 22 for standardization on September ninth, two thousand twenty-two, avail-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02700-01-5

 A. 439 2

 1 able for merchant acquirers that provide payment services for dealers of
 2 [ammunition or dealers of] firearms.
 3 (b) On and