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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to consumer litigation funding"
+description: "Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 804"
+citation: "New York A 804 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce93bcf3-736c-409b-8c74-703b1d0c0ff3"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A804"
+source_hash: "74eddae7c9535e9201a91516844ea47abcc7311d6a6d00cb1dcaa71c15dde2a7"
+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 804 (2025-2026) — Relates to consumer litigation funding
+
+Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A804** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A804&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A804A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A804A)
+3. **A804B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A804B)
+4. **A804C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A804C)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: C — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William Magnarelli — primary (person)
+- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
+- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
+- Erik Dilan — cosponsor (person)
+- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
+- Latrice Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
+- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-24** PRINT NUMBER 804A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** PRINT NUMBER 804B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 804C `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.481
+- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.481
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1104A
+- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.316
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.645 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.29
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce93bcf3-736c-409b-8c74-703b1d0c0ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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