Relates to prohibiting food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash
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Moved
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Became law
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Officially: “Relates to prohibiting food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash” Read the full text
Senate
What it does
Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions.
Summary from the sponsor's memo in the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
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REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · Feb 3, 2025
Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.320 · Feb 11, 2025
Senate
2ND REPORT CAL. · Feb 12, 2025
Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · Feb 24, 2025
Senate
PASSED SENATE · Apr 8, 2025
Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · Apr 8, 2025
Senate
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION · Apr 8, 2025
Assembly
RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY · May 5, 2025
Senate
RETURNED TO SENATE · May 5, 2025
Assembly
VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING · May 5, 2025
Senate
AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4153A · May 5, 2025
Senate
REPASSED SENATE · May 29, 2025
Senate
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · May 29, 2025
Senate
REFERRED TO CODES · May 29, 2025
Assembly
SUBSTITUTED FOR A7929A · May 29, 2025
Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.349 · May 29, 2025
Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY · May 29, 2025
Assembly
RETURNED TO SENATE · May 29, 2025
Assembly
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR · Nov 17, 2025
Senate
SIGNED CHAP.548 · Nov 21, 2025
Senate
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
James Sanders Jr.Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Joseph A. GriffoRachel MayDean MurrayLea Webb
Recorded votes
Recorded voteSenate · 2025-05-29 · EXC 6, ABS 1, NAY 3, AYE 53
Recorded voteSenate · 2025-04-08 · EXC 1, NAY 7, AYE 55
Recorded voteSenate · 2025-02-11 · AYEWR 1, NAY 1, AYE 5
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the New York legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Who is lobbying on this
CORNELL UNIVERSITYvia CORNELL UNIVERSITY
2 filingsMASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDvia THE RIDDELL GROUP, LLC
2 filingsNew York Automatic Vending Association, Inc.via GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
2 filingsVISA U.S.A. INC.via TONIO BURGOS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2 filingsCampground Owners of New York, Incvia GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1 filingCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCvia CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
1 filingELRAC, LLCvia GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1 filingJPMORGAN CHASE HOLDINGS LLCvia JENKINS, PATRICK B. & ASSOCIATES
1 filingFrom 17 filings in New York State lobbying disclosures (COELIG), via data.ny.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Nothing on this page shows why any vote was cast. Recorded votes and lobbying filings are separate official records, self-reported by different parties, and neither explains the other.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Signed by Governor (Nov 21, 2025).