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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2525: Relates to enacting the "small business fairness act"

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 2525 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to enacting the "small business fairness act". Primary sponsor: Steve Stern (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts the "small business fairness act" to permit a business that has been ordered to cease or limit operations pursuant to an executive order due to a declared state disaster emergency to continue or resume operations if the products sold or services offered by the business are also available at a business that has not been required to cease or limit operations by the executive order or an order of the health department.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve SternPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS
  2. REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source