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NY A 8598

in committee

Relates to recovery of online accounts for mobile telephones

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8598 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8598 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

What is NY A 8598 about?

Requires that businesses that provide consumers with online accounts to access services accounts for mobile telephones using proper identification if the business has a physical presence in this state.

Who sponsors NY A 8598?

Sarahana Shrestha is the primary sponsor of NY A 8598, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Requires that businesses that provide consumers with online accounts to access services accounts for mobile telephones using proper identification if the business has a physical presence in this state.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Sarahana Shresthaprimary
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • Zohran Mamdanicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-22

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9241not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7048not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 7974

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8598?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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