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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8594: Enacts the securing customer assets against malfeasance act or the S.C.A.M. 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

S 8594 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on December 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the securing customer assets against malfeasance act or the S.C.A.M. act. Primary sponsor: Zellnor Myrie (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 27, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 8594B.

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 "securing customer assets against malfeasance" or "S.C.A.M." act; increases penalties for a scheme to defraud; broadens the definitions of commercial bribery and bribing a public servant; creates the crime of structuring; expands jurisdiction for tax revenue deprivation; increases penalties for defrauding the government and certain persons over the age of sixty-five.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Zellnor MyriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Liz KruegerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. PRINT NUMBER 8594B
  2. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
  3. PRINT NUMBER 8594A
  4. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
  5. REFERRED TO CODES
  6. REFERRED TO RULES

Sources

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