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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-2653.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts"
+description: "Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts from $100,000 to $250,000."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 2653"
+citation: "New York A 2653 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-24"
+last_action: "2019-10-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed7e682-ac1c-48ec-b373-5d94e391ee99"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2653"
+source_hash: "a4454653896cb7586193a5f9b89a247c27fb3ae0c25e52a145f96ebb4078a606"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 2653 (2019-2020) — Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts
+
+Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts from $100,000 to $250,000.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A2653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2653&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A2653A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2653A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **124–23** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
+- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
+- COOK — cosponsor (person)
+- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
+- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
+- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
+- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
+- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
+- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
+- REYES — cosponsor (person)
+- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
+- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-24** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-06** PRINT NUMBER 2653A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-19** REPORTED
+- **2019-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.151
+- **2019-03-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-03-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-03-27** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3704
+- **2019-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.699
+- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-10-11** SIGNED CHAP.363 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aed7e682-ac1c-48ec-b373-5d94e391ee99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+