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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4153: Relates to prohibiting food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash

Enacted 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

S 4153 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to prohibiting food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash. Primary sponsor: James Sanders (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 21, 2025): SIGNED CHAP.548.

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.

Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SandersPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Joe GriffoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate53
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. SIGNED CHAP.548
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.349
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A7929A
  7. REFERRED TO CODES
  8. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. REPASSED SENATE
  10. AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4153A
  11. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  12. RETURNED TO SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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