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S 5849 NY

Requires hotels and lodging facilities to contact certain guests who leave items or identifying documents behind

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Mar 3, 2025

Latest action (Mar 24, 2026) PRINT NUMBER 5849A

Summary

Requires hotels and lodging facilities to make at least two attempts to contact guests who leave any item of greater than nominal value or identification documents behind within 48 hours of the completion of their stay where such guest chose to be contacted for such reasons; requires the destruction of any identification documents if the owner cannot be contacted; limits the liability of a lodging owner or operator for damage or loss during shipping.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (4)
  1. Mar 3, 2025 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
  2. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
  3. Mar 24, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
  4. Mar 24, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 5849A · upper

Text versions (3)

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  • S5849 · HTML
  • S5849 · PDF
  • S5849A · PDF

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