---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof"
description: "Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof, provided such dishonored check fee was included in the initial lease."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 56"
citation: "New York A 56 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harvey Epstein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/423d0840-52b6-4523-b865-28e8decba61b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A56"
source_hash: "147f599456240343f01990366777dbe5ea17972a2c7830adc876150260b41cb5"
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 56 (2025-2026) — Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants a fee for a dishonored rent check in excess of the actual costs or fees incurred by such landlord as a result thereof, provided such dishonored check fee was included in the initial lease.

## Version chain

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

1. **A56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A56&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A56A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A56A)
3. **A56B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A56B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **37–22** (pass) · upper
- MOTION:EPSTEIN; To reconsider — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **85–60** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **84–64** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harvey Epstein — primary (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** REPORTED
- **2025-02-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.11
- **2025-03-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 56A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-04-02** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2025-05-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-20** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 56B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-27** RECOMMITTED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3845B
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1420
- **2025-06-12** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.431 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/423d0840-52b6-4523-b865-28e8decba61b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).