S 947 NY
Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system
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Summary
This bill prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants fees for paying rent through automated clearing house or online payment systems. The bill requires landlords to provide at least one fee-free method for rent payment, such as cash or personal check, and prohibits landlords from requiring tenants to use electronic payment as the only payment method. Any agreement by tenants waiving these protections is void as contrary to public policy.
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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.
Sponsor (1)
- Robert Jackson Democratic · primary
5 coauthors / cosponsors
- Zellnor Myrie Democratic · cosponsor
- Luis R. Sepúlveda Democratic · cosponsor
- Rachel May Democratic · cosponsor
- Jessica Ramos Democratic · cosponsor
- Lea Webb Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (22)
- Jan 8, 2025 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
- Mar 25, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.590 · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Apr 1, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Apr 1, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Apr 1, 2025 REFERRED TO HOUSING · lower
- May 27, 2025 SUBSTITUTED FOR A3121 · lower
- May 27, 2025 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.261 · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
- Mar 5, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.477 · upper
- Mar 9, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 10, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Mar 18, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Mar 18, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Mar 18, 2026 REFERRED TO HOUSING · lower
- May 13, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A3121 · lower
- May 13, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.102 · lower
- May 13, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- May 13, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S00947 Summary: BILL NO S00947   SAME AS SAME AS A03121
  SPONSOR JACKSON   COSPNSR MYRIE, SEPULVEDA, MAY, RAMOS, WEBB   MLTSPNSR   Amd §235-g, RP L   Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.
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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:
1 Section 1. Section 235-g of the real property law, as added by chapter 2 367 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 235-g. Electronic billing and/or payment of rent. 1. A landlord 4 shall not require a lessee or tenant to use an electronic billing and/or 5 payment system as the only method for the payment of rent. A landlord 6 shall not assess any fee or other charge for a lessee or tenant that 7 chooses not to use an electronic billing and/or payment system. 8 2. A landlord shall not assess any fee or other charge for the use of 9 an automated clearing house payment for the payment of rent. 10 3. A landlord shall provide a lessee or tenant a method for the 11 payment of rent that does not incur a fee or other charge assessed by 12 the landlord. This method may include but is not limited to cash or 13 personal check of the lessee or tenant. 14 4. Any agreement by a lessee or tenant of a dwelling waiving or modi- 15 fying [ his or her ] their rights as set forth in this section shall be 16 void as contrary to public policy. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02960-01-5
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