---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to void provisions in construction contracts"
description: "Voids provisions in construction contracts requiring retainage as expressly provided for by section seven hundred fifty-six-c of the general business law in an amount exceeding five percent of the contract sum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 5405"
citation: "New York A 5405 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela J. Hunter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73cf6c08-7609-42eb-acea-0e47e514d1e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5405"
source_hash: "b5f6ff3d8601ee505500adb971f8e56711b29d5ad12158ee5a15ed802992df80"
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 5405 (2025-2026) — Relates to void provisions in construction contracts

Voids provisions in construction contracts requiring retainage as expressly provided for by section seven hundred fifty-six-c of the general business law in an amount exceeding five percent of the contract sum.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5405&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Hunter — primary (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** REPORTED
- **2025-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.151
- **2025-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-22** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5655
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1412
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.654 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73cf6c08-7609-42eb-acea-0e47e514d1e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).