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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2025-2026	A 56	New York A 56 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Harvey Epstein	3	20	4	2025-01-08	2025-10-16	openstates	ocd-bill/423d0840-52b6-4523-b865-28e8decba61b	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A56	147f599456240343f01990366777dbe5ea17972a2c7830adc876150260b41cb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. A56A (committee substitute) — source
3. A56B (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/423d0840-52b6-4523-b865-28e8decba61b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).