---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits contracts for the purchase or lease of consumer goods from restricting venue in an action relating to such contract"
description: "Prohibits contracts for the purchase or lease of consumer goods from restricting venue in an action relating to such contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2505"
citation: "New York A 2505 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEINSTEIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2fceb77-23e3-4a9c-9841-5eaa7c2ad64a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2505"
source_hash: "3d71133bb0a44a77a6853b7b34598c0b7144c3264a926fba77a308bc80dfc357"
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 2505 (2021-2022) — Prohibits contracts for the purchase or lease of consumer goods from restricting venue in an action relating to such contract

Prohibits contracts for the purchase or lease of consumer goods from restricting venue in an action relating to such contract.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2505&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **107–40** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **47–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEINSTEIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** REPORTED
- **2021-02-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.104
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S997
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.838
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-03** SIGNED CHAP.556 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2fceb77-23e3-4a9c-9841-5eaa7c2ad64a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).