New York S 7167: Prohibits certain debt arrears from being reported to consumer reporting agencies

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S07167 Summary:

BILL NOS07167 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01654

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §399-zzzzzz, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits reporting debt arrears of an individual which are due to a COVID-19 related hardship to a consumer reporting agency; provides for the removal of such information from an individual's file with such agency.

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BILL NOS07167 

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04/03/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7167

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 prohibiting
 certain debt arrears from being reported to consumer reporting agen-
 cies

 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
 2 399-zzzzzz to read as follows:
 3 § 399-zzzzzz. Prohibition on reporting of certain debt arrears. 1. No
 4 person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall report debt
 5 arrears of an individual which are due to a COVID-19 related hardship to
 6 a consumer reporting agency as defined in section three hundred eighty-a
 7 of this chapter.
 8 2. Debt arrears reported in violation of the provisions of subdivision
 9 one of this section shall be expunged from the file, as defined in
 10 section three hundred eighty-a of this chapter, of any individual who
 11 files a dispute regarding such debt arrears pursuant to section three
 12 hundred eighty-f of this chapter.
 13 3. As used in this section "COVID-19 related hardship" means:
 14 (a) A significant loss of household income during the COVID-19 pandem-
 15 ic.
 16 (b) Increase in necessary out-of-pocket expenses related to performing
 17 essential work or related to health impacts during the COVID-19 pandem-
 18 ic.
 19 (c) Childcare responsibilities or responsibilities to care for an
 20 elderly, disabled, or sick family member during the COVID-19 pandemic
 21 have negatively affected the ability of the individual or the ability of
 22 someone in the household of such individual to obtain meaningful employ-
 23 ment or earn income or increased such individual's necessary out-of-
 24 pocket expenses.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00384-01-5

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 1 (d) Other circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic have nega-
 2 tively affected the individual's ability to obtain meaningful employment
 3 or earn income or have significantly reduced the individual's household
 4 income or significantly increased such individual's expenses.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 6 have become a law.

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