New York A 7182: Requires stores to publicly display their return and refund policies, including tracking of returns

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A07182 Summary:

BILL NOA07182 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02440

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SPONSORChandler-Waterman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §218-b, Gen Bus L

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Requires stores to publicly display their return and refund policies, including tracking of returns; establishes that failure to display provides buyer with automatic refund or credit.

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BILL NOA07182 

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03/21/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7182

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to public notifi-
 cation of tracking return policy

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 218-b to read as follows:
 3 § 218-b. Disclosure; electronic tracking of returns or exchanges. 1.
 4 Every retail mercantile establishment that utilizes an electronic system
 5 to record and monitor the frequency and volume of a buyer's return or
 6 exchange of goods, wares, or merchandise shall conspicuously post, in
 7 the following manner, a notice clearly indicating the use of such
 8 system:
 9 (a) on a label attached to the item itself; or
 10 (b) on a sign affixed to each cash register or point of sale; or
 11 (c) on a sign so situated as to be clearly visible to the buyer from
 12 the cash register; or
 13 (d) on a sign posted at each store entrance used by the public.
 14 2. Any retail mercantile establishment that violates this section
 15 shall be liable, for a period of up to twenty days from the date of
 16 purchase, to the buyer for a cash refund or credit, at the buyer's
 17 option, provided that the merchandise has not been used or damaged by
 18 the buyer.
 19 3. Any retail mercantile establishment that violates this section
 20 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars
 21 nor more than five hundred dollars for each violation.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 23 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05022-01-5

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