Establishes a public online registry of vacant commercial storefronts
Summary
Establishes a public online registry of vacant commercial storefronts; provides information to current and prospective small business owners seeking to purchase or lease a vacant storefront for a small business location.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 18, 2025
Last action May 29, 2026
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MINOR
This bill was amended to reflect its progression through the legislative process, adding co-sponsors and committee reports. A key substantive change strengthens the division's obligation to accept entries into the vacant storefront registry by changing 'may' to 'shall', ensuring the program is more proactive in collecting data.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include Senator Fahy as a co-sponsor and added procedural steps indicating the bill was favorably reported by the Commerce Committee and committed to the Finance Committee.
SCOPE
Added Senator Fahy as a co-sponsor to the bill.
REQUIREMENT
Changed the division's authority to accept registry entries from discretionary ('may') to mandatory ('shall'), requiring them to process suggestions from state agencies and municipalities.
Clarified the division's role by removing the power to determine which storefronts are included, limiting the division's duty to verifying information and consulting with other agencies.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2025
How they voted
59–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 63
Jun 11, 2025
D
Democratic41
92% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Amendments
2
May 29, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
May 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
Jun 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jun 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 6626A
upper
Jun 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
upper
May 21, 2025
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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