---
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).