A8744 • 2025

Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days notice before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Chantel Jackson
Last action: 2026-06-04
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days notice before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account

Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days notice before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days written notice via email, text message, or written letter before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account.

What This Bill Does

Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days notice before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days written notice via email, text message, or written letter before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account.

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Bill History

2026-06-04 Assembly
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
2026-06-04 Assembly
PRINT NUMBER 8744A
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
2025-06-02 Assembly
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

Official Summary Text

Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days notice before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account
Requires issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least thirty days written notice via email, text message, or written letter before closing, cancelling, or terminating the cardholder's account.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8744

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      June 2, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          issuers of credit cards to give the cardholder at least 45 days notice
          before closing the cardholder's account

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  520-f to read as follows:
     3    § 520-F. ISSUER CANCELATION.   1. NO ISSUER  SHALL  CLOSE  A  HOLDER'S
     4  ACCOUNT  WITH  THE  ISSUER WITHOUT GIVING THE HOLDER AT LEAST FORTY-FIVE
     5  DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE VIA EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, OR WRITTEN LETTER THAT SUCH
     6  ACCOUNT IS BEING CLOSED.
     7    2. THE CANCELATION OR DEACTIVATION OF A CREDIT CARD  IN  VIOLATION  OF
     8  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A
     9  VIOLATION.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05393-01-5