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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to regulatory fines for small businesses"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7540"
citation: "New York A 7540 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-09"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a2c714-bfb4-4814-8e1f-ab37054c4bcc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7540"
source_hash: "26510e70d0bc973a1da339655574f8664f86cd38766087b8113f2ea23ff75735"
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 A 7540 (2019-2020) — Relates to regulatory fines for small businesses
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A7540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7540&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A7540A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7540A)
3. **A7540B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7540B)
## Votes
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **620** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **1471** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- MCDONALD — primary (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- FRIEND — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNS — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAGUE — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-09** REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 7540A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7540B `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.396
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.396
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5815C
- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1349
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.731 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.78
## Source
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).