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legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-56.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof"
+description: "Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof, provided such dishonored check fee was included in the initial lease."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 56"
+citation: "New York A 56 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harvey Epstein"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-10-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/423d0840-52b6-4523-b865-28e8decba61b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A56"
+source_hash: "147f599456240343f01990366777dbe5ea17972a2c7830adc876150260b41cb5"
+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 56 (2025-2026) — Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof
+
+Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof, provided such dishonored check fee was included in the initial lease.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A56&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A56A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A56A)
+3. **A56B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A56B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **37–22** (pass) · upper
+- MOTION:EPSTEIN; To reconsider — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **85–60** (pass) · lower
+- Assembly Vote — **84–64** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harvey Epstein — primary (person)
+- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
+- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
+- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
+- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
+- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** REPORTED
+- **2025-02-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.11
+- **2025-03-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 56A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-04-02** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-20** RECALLED FROM SENATE
+- **2025-05-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-05-20** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 56B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-05-27** RECOMMITTED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3845B
+- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1420
+- **2025-06-12** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.431 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/423d0840-52b6-4523-b865-28e8decba61b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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