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S9737 • 2025

Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle

Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle

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

Sponsor
Brian Kavanagh
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle

Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-05 Senate

    COMMITTED TO RULES

  2. 2026-05-27 Senate

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 9737A

  3. 2026-05-26 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  4. 2026-05-21 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  5. 2026-05-20 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1299

  6. 2026-04-02 Senate

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

Official Summary Text

Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle
Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          9737

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 2, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
          rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties,
          other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such
          driver's use of a rental vehicle

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

     1    Section 1. Section 396-z of the general business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 13-b to read as follows:
     3    13-B.  A  RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY SHALL NOT IMPOSE ANY FEES, CHARGES OR
     4  PENALTIES, OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL COST OF A TOLL, ON AN AUTHORIZED DRIVER
     5  FOR SUCH DRIVER'S USE OF A RENTAL  VEHICLE  THROUGH  A  TOLL  COLLECTION
     6  FACILITY  THAT UTILIZES AN ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM, AS DEFINED
     7  IN SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
     8  LAW, OR A PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE PAYMENT OF TOLLS.
     9    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law; provided that the amendments to section 396-z of  the
    11  general  business  law made by section one of this act shall survive the
    12  expiration and reversion of such section as provided  in  section  4  of
    13  chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, as amended.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06144-02-5