---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to consumer litigation funding"
description: "Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 804"
citation: "New York A 804 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce93bcf3-736c-409b-8c74-703b1d0c0ff3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A804"
source_hash: "74eddae7c9535e9201a91516844ea47abcc7311d6a6d00cb1dcaa71c15dde2a7"
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 804 (2025-2026) — Relates to consumer litigation funding

Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A804** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A804&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A804A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A804A)
3. **A804B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A804B)
4. **A804C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A804C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Magnarelli — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Erik Dilan — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Latrice Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** PRINT NUMBER 804A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** PRINT NUMBER 804B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 804C `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.481
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.481
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1104A
- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.316
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.645 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.29

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce93bcf3-736c-409b-8c74-703b1d0c0ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).