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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to regulatory fines for small businesses"
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description: "Relates to regulatory penalties for small businesses; provides that upon an initial violation of a state agency's rules or regulations, a small business shall be afforded a cure period or other opportunity for ameliorative action, which if successful shall prevent the imposition of a fine or fines."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "A 7540"
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citation: "New York A 7540 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-05-09"
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last_action: "2019-12-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a2c714-bfb4-4814-8e1f-ab37054c4bcc"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7540"
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source_hash: "26510e70d0bc973a1da339655574f8664f86cd38766087b8113f2ea23ff75735"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 7540 (2019-2020) — Relates to regulatory fines for small businesses
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Relates to regulatory penalties for small businesses; provides that upon an initial violation of a state agency's rules or regulations, a small business shall be afforded a cure period or other opportunity for ameliorative action, which if successful shall prevent the imposition of a fine or fines.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A7540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7540&term=2019&Text=Y)
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2. **A7540A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7540A)
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3. **A7540B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7540B)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- MCDONALD — primary (person)
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- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
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- FRIEND — cosponsor (person)
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- JOHNS — cosponsor (person)
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- JONES — cosponsor (person)
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- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
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- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
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- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
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- STECK — cosponsor (person)
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- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
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- TAGUE — cosponsor (person)
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- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
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- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-09** REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 7540A `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7540B `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
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- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.396
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- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.396
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- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5815C
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- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1349
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- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.731 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.78
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62a2c714-bfb4-4814-8e1f-ab37054c4bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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