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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 947: Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

Passed both chambers 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 947 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system. Primary sponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2026): RETURNED TO SENATE.

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 residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Robert JacksonPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
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. RETURNED TO SENATE
  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.102
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A3121
  5. REFERRED TO HOUSING
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  9. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  10. 1ST REPORT CAL.477
  11. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  12. RETURNED TO SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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