A 8939 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to penalties for a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims

Summary
Provides that a lodging facility that fails to comply with certain requirements for providing information concerning services for human trafficking victims shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for a first offense and one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense; provides for concurrent enforcement by the director or commissioner of a municipal consumer affairs office or by the town attorney, city corporation counsel, or other lawful designee of a municipality.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Assembly Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Governor
Introduced Jul 16, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2026
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What changed between versions

A8939 A8939A · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to shift enforcement power from the Attorney General to local and municipal authorities. This change allows local agencies to directly collect and retain civil penalties from lodging facilities that fail to provide information about human trafficking services, rather than the state handling these fines exclusively.
Scope change
Enforcement authority was expanded from a single state-level entity (Attorney General) to include local and municipal consumer affairs offices and legal representatives.
ENFORCEMENT

The Attorney General's exclusive authority to recover civil penalties was replaced with a requirement for local or state agencies to first provide notice and verify non-compliance before taking action.

New provisions explicitly authorize municipal consumer affairs directors, town attorneys, and city corporation counsel to enforce the penalties.

FISCAL

Fines collected by local or municipal agencies for violations will now be retained by those local governments instead of going to the state.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2026 · Assembly Mar 16, 2026

How they voted

610
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 63
Jun 3, 2026
D Democratic41
39 Yea 2
95% Yea
R Republican22
22 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jun 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8939A
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Jul 16, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Amy Paulin
Amy Paulin
DDemocratic
NY
88