---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires persons offering weight loss services to provide notice of certain weight loss and dieting information"
description: "Requires persons selling or offering to sell weight loss services or weight loss products to provide consumers with a weight loss and dieting information notice; sets forth such notice shall include the dangers of rapid weight loss, dieting information, and risks associated with certain medications used with weight loss programs; delineates deceptive practices; provides for penalties, including fines and injunctions; further provides for attorney general enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3173"
citation: "New York A 3173 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COOK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55fa3fc5-93aa-4967-828d-67a49de2720e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3173"
source_hash: "6fd0f71a2904d11d406638aa9411040f194752c711ce9427d05e45f85bef6704"
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 3173 (2021-2022) — Requires persons offering weight loss services to provide notice of certain weight loss and dieting information

Requires persons selling or offering to sell weight loss services or weight loss products to provide consumers with a weight loss and dieting information notice; sets forth such notice shall include the dangers of rapid weight loss, dieting information, and risks associated with certain medications used with weight loss programs; delineates deceptive practices; provides for penalties, including fines and injunctions; further provides for attorney general enforcement.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3173&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–6** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COOK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** REPORTED
- **2021-02-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.109
- **2021-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-03** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3764
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1632
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55fa3fc5-93aa-4967-828d-67a49de2720e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).