New York A 9152: Relates to eligibility for certain memorial scholarships

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A09152 Summary:

BILL NOA09152 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §396-rr, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits the use of any automated or algorithm-driven process by which the price charged for an essential good or service is adjusted on a real-time basis substantially in reference to any non-cost-based factor.

Go to top A09152 Actions:

BILL NOA09152 

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10/17/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9152

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 October 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
 certain dynamic pricing practices

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby
 2 finds and declares that new technology allows companies to automatically
 3 change prices for essential goods and services in real time, using algo-
 4 rithms that respond to local conditions like weather, demand, time of
 5 day, and other factors. Research shows that these pricing systems can
 6 push prices higher than what a fair, competitive market would normally
 7 allow. Because these systems track consumer behavior and adjust prices
 8 instantly, they can make it harder for people, especially low-income New
 9 Yorkers, including SNAP recipients, to budget or shop around. As a
 10 result, many vulnerable consumers may find themselves forced to pay
 11 inflated prices simply because of the time that they decided to shop or
 12 the neighborhood that they live in. Worse, seniors who rely on public
 13 assistance transportation vehicles, like Access-a-Ride, will be unable
 14 to shop around for better prices, those who take public transportation
 15 will not have the ability to store their items in a vehicle while they
 16 shop elsewhere, and persons in neighborhoods which have just one grocery
 17 store will not have the ability to shop around for better prices.
 18 This type of pricing also disrupts the traditional supply-and-demand
 19 model that has long helped keep markets fair and predictable. In a heal-
 20 thy market, prices generally reflect long-term changes in supply or
 21 consumer demand and adjust gradually. But with real-time pricing, compa-
 22 nies can artificially raise prices during short-term events. This manip-
 23 ulation invariably breaks the natural balance between buyers and sellers
 24 and shifts the power heavily toward companies and away from consumers.
 25 The legislature finds that without oversight, companies that employ

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13841-02-5

 A. 9152 2

 1 dynamic pricing practices will erode affordability for New Yorkers who
 2 already struggle to make ends meet and who do not have the ability to
 3 shop for better prices elsewhere.
 4 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 396-
 5 rrr to read as follows:
 6 § 396-rrr. Certain dynamic pricing practices prohibited. 1. As used in
 7 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 8 (a) "Essential goods and services" shall include: (i) consumer goods
 9 and services, bought or rendered primarily for personal, family or
 10 household purposes, (ii) essential medical supplies and services used
 11 for the care, cure mitigation, treatment or prevention of any illness or
 12 disease, and (iii) any other essential goods and services used to
 13 promote the health or welfare of the public, provided that this defi-
 14 nition shall not be construed to include such goods and services
 15 described in subdivision five of this section. Where there is any doubt
 16 as to whether a product or service falls within this definition, a court
 17 shall use the definition provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of
 18 sec