---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash"
description: "Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4153"
citation: "New York S 4153 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Sanders Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08431ace-fdf8-4756-8ef1-0f3bc55cbc01"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4153"
source_hash: "de1d708b49840dcef7b8f9716afbbc4d26f7545679bc40eb5a416afa12340d7b"
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 S 4153 (2025-2026) — Relates to prohibiting food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash

Prohibits food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept payment in cash; provides a civil penalty will be assessed for such actions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4153&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4153A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4153A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–3** (pass) · upper
- Consumer Protection Vote — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **55–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Sanders Jr. — primary (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Griffo — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.320
- **2025-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-04-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-04-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-04-08** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-05** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4153A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-29** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7929A
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.349
- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.548 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08431ace-fdf8-4756-8ef1-0f3bc55cbc01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).