S 1465 New York Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Provides that every banking institution maintaining checking accounts for customers shall pay checks in the order received within account balance

Summary
Provides that every banking institution which maintains checking accounts for customers shall pay checks in the order received within account balance; provides such banks may dishonor check for insufficient funds, but then must honor smaller checks within amounts on deposit in the subject account.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Assembly Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Aug 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Signed Aug 19, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly Mar 25, 2021

How they voted

4714
Passed
Total votes 61
Mar 5, 2021
D Democratic42
42 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
5 Yea 14 Nay
73% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Aug 19, 2021
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.398
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Mar 5, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Mar 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO BANKS
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
NB
Neil Breslin
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
46