---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the imposition of certain fees at the expiration of a term on a motor vehicle lease which constitutes administrative, clerical or handling charges"
description: "Provides that with respect to leases on motor vehicles, no lease shall provide that the lessee would be charged a turn-in fee at the expiration of the term which constitutes solely an additional fee for administrative, handling or clerical charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7167"
citation: "New York A 7167 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michaelle C. Solages"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-11"
last_action: "2024-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d887dd9c-5209-4ee3-b682-f0919cbeb3fd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7167"
source_hash: "44d134fcc566d24d540d6b6ed8fb089c358e65a525f56ab3fec44bae28f543e1"
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 7167 (2023-2024) — Prohibits the imposition of certain fees at the expiration of a term on a motor vehicle lease which constitutes administrative, clerical or handling charges

Provides that with respect to leases on motor vehicles, no lease shall provide that the lessee would be charged a turn-in fee at the expiration of the term which constitutes solely an additional fee for administrative, handling or clerical charges.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7167&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **41–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michaelle C. Solages — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-11** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.283
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.283
- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.201
- **2024-04-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-04-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-04-03** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4778
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1075
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.538 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d887dd9c-5209-4ee3-b682-f0919cbeb3fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).