Bill Commons

NY A 6836

in committee

Relates to releasing victims of domestic violence from certain contracts

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 6836 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6836 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-10-07): PRINT NUMBER 6836A

What is NY A 6836 about?

Authorizes one or more individuals who are under a shared contract to opt-out of such contract without a fee, penalty or charge due to status as a domestic violence victim; prohibits the company from transferring any contractual or billing responsibility of such shared contract to any other account holders on such shared contract; prevents companies from prohibiting a person who has opted-out due to domestic violence status to enter into a new contract.

Who sponsors NY A 6836?

Linda Rosenthal is the primary sponsor of NY A 6836, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Authorizes one or more individuals who are under a shared contract to opt-out of such contract without a fee, penalty or charge due to status as a domestic violence victim; prohibits the company from transferring any contractual or billing responsibility of such shared contract to any other account holders on such shared contract; prevents companies from prohibiting a person who has opted-out due to domestic violence status to enter into a new contract.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-10-07 — PRINT NUMBER 6836A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-10-07

    PRINT NUMBER 6836A

    amendment-passage

  2. 2026-10-07

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-14

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9593not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6780not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6836?summary=&detail=

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