S 10357 NY
Prohibits certain lodging facilities from offering hourly rate options
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Summary
This bill amends the General Business Law to prohibit lodging facilities—including inns, hotels, motels, and motor courts—from offering hourly rate options of less than six hours in duration for rooms with sleeping accommodations. The bill establishes a six-hour minimum for any hourly rental period that lodging facilities choose to offer. The act takes effect immediately.
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Prohibits certain lodging facilities from offering hourly rate options of less than six hours.
Sponsor (1)
- Steve Rhoads Republican · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
Text versions (2)
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10357 Summary: BILL NO S10357   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR RHOADS   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Add §209-h, Gen Bus L   Prohibits certain lodging facilities from offering hourly rate options of less than six hours.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10357
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- 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 requiring hotels set a minimum hour requirement
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 2 209-h to read as follows: 3 § 209-h. Minimum hour requirements. 1. For the purposes of this 4 section, "lodging facility" shall mean any inn, hotel, motel, motor 5 court or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests. 6 2. No lodging facility shall offer hourly rate options of less than 7 six hours in duration for rooms with sleeping accommodations. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14569-01-6
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