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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to regulatory fines for small businesses"
+description: "Relates to regulatory penalties for small businesses; provides that upon an initial violation of a state agency's rules or regulations, a small business shall be afforded a cure period or other opportunity for ameliorative action, which if successful shall prevent the imposition of a fine or fines."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 7540"
+citation: "New York A 7540 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-05-09"
+last_action: "2019-12-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a2c714-bfb4-4814-8e1f-ab37054c4bcc"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7540"
+source_hash: "26510e70d0bc973a1da339655574f8664f86cd38766087b8113f2ea23ff75735"
+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 7540 (2019-2020) — Relates to regulatory fines for small businesses
+
+Relates to regulatory penalties for small businesses; provides that upon an initial violation of a state agency's rules or regulations, a small business shall be afforded a cure period or other opportunity for ameliorative action, which if successful shall prevent the imposition of a fine or fines.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7540&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A7540A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7540A)
+3. **A7540B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7540B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MCDONALD — primary (person)
+- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
+- FRIEND — cosponsor (person)
+- JOHNS — cosponsor (person)
+- JONES — cosponsor (person)
+- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
+- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
+- TAGUE — cosponsor (person)
+- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
+- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-09** REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 7540A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7540B `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
+- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.396
+- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.396
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5815C
+- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1349
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.731 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.78
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62a2c714-bfb4-4814-8e1f-ab37054c4bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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