---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to price gouging"
description: "Relates to price gouging; prohibits price gouging for essential medical supplies and services and any other essential goods and services used to promote the health or welfare of the public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8189"
citation: "New York S 8189 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-04-13"
last_action: "2020-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb43438-0a3c-4889-97f1-300def9b8905"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8189"
source_hash: "3ecde382ef8c67ebc157818259de6937b0e545d4c5339f0294b38cf8ff7d5d8b"
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 8189 (2019-2020) — Relates to price gouging

Relates to price gouging; prohibits price gouging for essential medical supplies and services and any other essential goods and services used to promote the health or welfare of the public.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8189&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–3** (pass) · lower
- Consumer Protection Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-13** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.648
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10270
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.30
- **2020-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-06** SIGNED CHAP.90 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfb43438-0a3c-4889-97f1-300def9b8905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).