republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-2653.md

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Bill	Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts	Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts from $100,000 to $250,000.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	A 2653	New York A 2653 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	DINOWITZ	2	14	2	2019-01-24	2019-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/aed7e682-ac1c-48ec-b373-5d94e391ee99	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2653	a4454653896cb7586193a5f9b89a247c27fb3ae0c25e52a145f96ebb4078a606	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 2653 (2019-2020) — Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts

Increases the monetary exclusion on the requirement of plain language in consumer contracts from $100,000 to $250,000.

Version chain

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

1. A2653 (committee substitute) — source
2. A2653A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 124–23 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 53–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DINOWITZ — primary (person)
• ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
• COOK — cosponsor (person)
• D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
• EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
• FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
• GALEF — cosponsor (person)
• GLICK — cosponsor (person)
• GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
• JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
• REYES — cosponsor (person)
• SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
• STECK — cosponsor (person)
• WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
• WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-24 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2019-03-06 PRINT NUMBER 2653A amendment-passage
• 2019-03-19 REPORTED
• 2019-03-21 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.151
• 2019-03-27 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2019-03-27 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2019-03-27 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 SUBSTITUTED FOR S3704
• 2019-06-12 3RD READING CAL.699
• 2019-06-12 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2019-06-12 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2019-10-01 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2019-10-11 SIGNED CHAP.363 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aed7e682-ac1c-48ec-b373-5d94e391ee99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).