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S947 • 2025

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

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

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Sponsor
Robert Jackson
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
Passed Assembly
Effective date
Not listed

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A3121

  2. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.102

  3. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  4. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  5. 2026-03-18 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  6. 2026-03-18 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. 2026-03-18 Assembly

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

  8. 2026-03-10 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  9. 2026-03-09 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  10. 2026-03-05 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.477

  11. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  12. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  13. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  14. 2025-05-27 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A3121

  15. 2025-05-27 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.261

  16. 2025-04-01 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  17. 2025-04-01 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  18. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

  19. 2025-03-27 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  20. 2025-03-26 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  21. 2025-03-25 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.590

  22. 2025-01-08 Senate

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

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

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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                                           947

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. JACKSON, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
          ary

        AN  ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting resi-
          dential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the  payment  of
          rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

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

     1    Section 1. Section 235-g of the real property law, as added by chapter
     2  367 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 235-g. Electronic billing and/or payment  of  rent.  1.  A  landlord
     4  shall not require a lessee or tenant to use an electronic billing and/or
     5  payment  system  as  the only method for the payment of rent. A landlord
     6  shall not assess any fee or other charge for a  lessee  or  tenant  that
     7  chooses not to use an electronic billing and/or payment system.
     8    2.  A LANDLORD SHALL NOT ASSESS ANY FEE OR OTHER CHARGE FOR THE USE OF
     9  AN AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE PAYMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF RENT.
    10    3. A LANDLORD SHALL PROVIDE A  LESSEE  OR  TENANT  A  METHOD  FOR  THE
    11  PAYMENT  OF  RENT  THAT DOES NOT INCUR A FEE OR OTHER CHARGE ASSESSED BY
    12  THE LANDLORD. THIS METHOD MAY INCLUDE BUT IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO  CASH  OR
    13  PERSONAL CHECK OF THE LESSEE OR TENANT.
    14    4.  Any agreement by a lessee or tenant of a dwelling waiving or modi-
    15  fying [his or her] THEIR rights as set forth in this  section  shall  be
    16  void as contrary to public policy.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02960-01-5