Bill Commons

NY A 5185

in committee

Prohibits hotels, motels and lodging establishments from selling prepaid rooms to another person in certain circumstances

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 5185 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5185 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

What is NY A 5185 about?

Prohibits hotels, motels and lodging establishments from selling prepaid rooms to another person if the original guest fails to check in on the first day of the scheduled reservation or if the guest fails to check in within the first, second or third night for prepaid reservations of seven days or longer; provides penalties for violations.

Who sponsors NY A 5185?

Michael Novakhov is the primary sponsor of NY A 5185.

Description

Prohibits hotels, motels and lodging establishments from selling prepaid rooms to another person if the original guest fails to check in on the first day of the scheduled reservation or if the guest fails to check in within the first, second or third night for prepaid reservations of seven days or longer; provides penalties for violations.

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

  • Michael Novakhovprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7941not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5185?summary=&detail=

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