---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to model management companies and model management groups"
description: "Defines \"model management group\"; provides for the registration process for model management groups; provides for exemption from registration requirements for model management companies and groups."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 2249"
citation: "New York A 2249 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karines Reyes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd0da074-04f5-4174-89ff-0d2cd7bae8f8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2249"
source_hash: "7213739843628edf5331e8478d883e084412a51a4db601596271691cb9409b5d"
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 2249 (2025-2026) — Relates to model management companies and model management groups

Defines "model management group"; provides for the registration process for model management groups; provides for exemption from registration requirements for model management companies and groups.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2249&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **45–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karines Reyes — primary (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** REPORTED
- **2025-01-28** RULES REPORT CAL.81
- **2025-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.81
- **2025-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S823
- **2025-02-10** 3RD READING CAL.97
- **2025-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd0da074-04f5-4174-89ff-0d2cd7bae8f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).