| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 05, 2026 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S9365
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
2025-S9365 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10069
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §350-a, Gen Bus L
2025-S9365 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9365
SPONSOR: MAY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
advertisements of a discounted price of a good or service have such
price be actually discounted from a bona fide regular price
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to protect consumers from deceptive pricing
practices by ensuring that advertised discounts are genuine and based on
a bona fide regular price. The bill strengthens existing false advertis-
ing law by clarifying when a price may legally be advertised as
discounted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends section 350-a of the General Business Law by adding a
new subdivision defining "discounted Price" and bona fide regular
price." The bill makes it false advertising to promote a price as
2025-S9365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
9365
I N S E N A T E
March 5, 2026
___________
Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
advertisements of a discounted price of a good or service have such
price be actually discounted from a bona fide regular price
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 350-a of the general business law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
5. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM:
(I) "DISCOUNTED PRICE" SHALL MEAN ANY PRICE OFFERED TO CONSUMERS ON A
TEMPORARY OR CONDITIONAL BASIS WHICH IS A REDUCTION IN SUCH PRICE.
(II) "BONA FIDE REGULAR PRICE" SHALL MEAN AN ACTUAL PRICE AT WHICH THE
GOOD OR SERVICE WAS OPENLY OFFERED AND AVAILABLE TO BE PURCHASED AT FOR
A REASONABLY SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD.
(B) (I) IT SHALL CONSTITUTE FALSE ADVERTISING TO DISPLAY OR ANNOUNCE,
IN PRINT OR BROADCAST ADVERTISING, THAT THE PRICE OF A GOOD OR SERVICE
IS A DISCOUNTED PRICE UNLESS SUCH DISCOUNTED PRICE IS A REDUCTION IN
PRICE WHEN COMPARED TO THE BONA FIDE REGULAR PRICE OF SUCH GOOD OR
SERVICE.
(II) IT SHALL CONSTITUTE FALSE ADVERTISING TO DISPLAY OR ANNOUNCE, IN
PRINT OR BROADCAST ADVERTISING, THE AMOUNT, IN DOLLARS OR PERCENT, A
PRICE OF A GOOD OR SERVICE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO BE A DISCOUNTED PRICE
UNLESS SUCH AMOUNT IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE BONA FIDE REGULAR PRICE OF
SUCH GOOD OR SERVICE.
(III) IT SHALL CONSTITUTE FALSE ADVERTISING TO DISPLAY OR ANNOUNCE, IN
PRINT OR BROADCAST ADVERTISING, THE PRICE OF A GOOD OR SERVICE PRIOR TO
BEING REDUCED TO BE A DISCOUNTED PRICE UNLESS SUCH PRICE PRIOR TO BEING
REDUCED IS THE BONA FIDE REGULAR PRICE OF SUCH GOOD OR SERVICE.
(C) THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PRICE ADVERTISED AS PART
OF A "CLEARANCE SALE", "LIQUIDATION SALE", "DISCONTINUED PRODUCT SALE",
OR ANY OTHER ADVERTISING OR DESIGNATION BY ANY OTHER EXPRESSION OR CHAR-
ACTERIZATION SIMILAR TO ANY SUCH TERMS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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