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S341 • 2025

Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers

Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers

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Sponsor
James Skoufis
Last action
2026-05-21
Official status
Stricken
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers

Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers on licensed retailers.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers on licensed retailers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-21 Senate

    RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

  2. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

  3. 2025-01-08 Senate

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers
Prohibits certain fees from being imposed by licensed wholesalers on licensed retailers.

Current Bill Text

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

                                           341

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibited fees

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

     1    Section 1. Section 104  of  the  alcoholic  beverage  control  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    12.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO WHOLE-
     4  SALER SHALL ASSESS ANY FEE WHATSOEVER UPON ANY NEW YORK  STATE  LICENSED
     5  RETAILER IN ADDITION TO PURCHASE PRICE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
     6    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     7  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     8  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
     9  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    10  on or before such effective date.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01439-01-5