Bill Commons

NY S 1708

in committee

Enacts the "bank of Rochester act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1708 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1708 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO BANKS

What is NY S 1708 about?

Establishes the bank of Rochester, including provisions related to definitions; sponsors and corporate structure; powers and restrictions; governance; charter requirements; financial and operations frameworks; transparency and financial reporting; insurance; deposits; policy mandates; ethics and financial disclosure; inconsistency with other laws; and owners not to be considered bank holding companies.

Who sponsors NY S 1708?

Samra Brouk is the primary sponsor of NY S 1708, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the bank of Rochester, including provisions related to definitions; sponsors and corporate structure; powers and restrictions; governance; charter requirements; financial and operations frameworks; transparency and financial reporting; insurance; deposits; policy mandates; ethics and financial disclosure; inconsistency with other laws; and owners not to be considered bank holding companies.

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

  • Samra Broukprimary
  • Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor
  • Brian Kavanaghcosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor
  • James Sanders Jr.cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    REFERRED TO BANKS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-30

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO BANKS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-30

    PRINT NUMBER 1708A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO BANKS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9326not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6409

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1708?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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