Bill Commons

NY A 2525

in committee

Relates to enacting the "small business fairness act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 2525 pass?

Not yet. NY A 2525 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS

What is NY A 2525 about?

Enacts the "small business fairness act" to permit a business that has been ordered to cease or limit operations pursuant to an executive order due to a declared state disaster emergency to continue or resume operations if the products sold or services offered by the business are also available at a business that has not been required to cease or limit operations by the executive order or an order of the health department.

Who sponsors NY A 2525?

Steve Stern is the primary sponsor of NY A 2525, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Enacts the "small business fairness act" to permit a business that has been ordered to cease or limit operations pursuant to an executive order due to a declared state disaster emergency to continue or resume operations if the products sold or services offered by the business are also available at a business that has not been required to cease or limit operations by the executive order or an order of the health department.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Steve Sternprimary
  • Marianne Buttenschoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-17

    REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 4696not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1916not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A2525?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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