New York S 947: Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

Status: RETURNED TO SENATE (as of 2026-05-13)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 947

Sponsors: Robert Jackson, Jessica Ramos, Lea Webb, Luis R. Sepúlveda, Rachel May, Zellnor Myrie

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S00947 Summary:

BILL NOS00947 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03121

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRMYRIE, SEPULVEDA, MAY, RAMOS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §235-g, RP L

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Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

Go to top S00947 Actions:

BILL NOS00947 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.590

03/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/01/2025PASSED SENATE

04/01/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/01/2025referred to housing

05/27/2025substituted for a3121

05/27/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.261

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.477

03/09/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/18/2026PASSED SENATE

03/18/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/18/2026referred to housing

05/13/2026substituted for a3121

05/13/2026ordered to third reading cal.102

05/13/2026passed assembly

05/13/2026returned to senate

Go to topS00947 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS00947 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:05/13/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 91/45Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

No 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

ER 

Pirozzolo 

No 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Cashman 

No 

Gallahan 

ER 

Lucas 

Yes 

Powers 

No 

Smullen 

No 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Pretlow 

ER 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chang 

ER 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

No 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

No 

Chludzinski 

No 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes &#8225

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

No 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

No 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Conrad 

No 

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

ER 

Reilly 

No 

Tannousis 

No 

Berger 

ER 

Cook 

Yes 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

No 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes &#8225

Meeks 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

No 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

No &#8225

Mikulin 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

ER 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

ER 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

No 

Miller 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

ER 

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

No 

Brabenec 

No 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Molitor 

Yes 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes &#8225

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Moreno 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

No 

Jensen 

No 

Morinello 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

No &#8225

DiPietro 

Yes 

Kassay 

No 

Norber 

No 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

No 

Durso 

No 

Kay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

No 

Brown K 

ER 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes &#8225

Burdick 

No 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Shrestha 

No 

Yeger 

Yes 

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

ER 

Lasher 

No 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

No &#8225

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

No 

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

Yes 

Lee 

ER 

Peoples-Stokes 

No 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

Go to topS00947 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 947

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judici-
 ary

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting resi-
 dential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of
 rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

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

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