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Home/Bills/A 1515New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 1515: Directs the superintendent of banks to promulgate rules and regulations requiring licensed cashers of checks to file suspicious activity reports.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 21, 2026

What A 1515 does, verified January 21, 2026

The proposed bill aims to require licensed cashers of checks to file suspicious activity reports. The superintendent of the banking department is authorized to make rules and regulations necessary for the proper conduct of the business and enforcement of the law. These rules will include requiring cashers of checks to report suspicious activities. The changes will take effect immediately.

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✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO BANKS (2026-01-21)Alert me
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Jo Anne SimonSteven RagaRebecca SeawrightManny De Los SantosAl TaylorAngelo SantabarbaraNader Sayegh
Recent actions18 total · showing 5
Jan. 21, 2026REFERRED TO BANKS
Jan. 21, 2026delivered to senate
Jan. 21, 2026passed assembly
Jan. 07, 2026ordered to third reading cal.58
Jan. 07, 2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 231 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1515 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, SIMON, RAGA, SEAWRIGHT, DE LOS SANTOS, TAYLOR -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRONSON, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to requiring licensed cash- ers of checks to file suspicious activity reports The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 371 of the banking law, as added by chapter 151 of 2 the laws of 1945, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 371. Regulations. The superintendent is hereby authorized and 4 empowered to make such rules and regulations, and such specific rulings, 5 demands, and findings as [he] such superintendent may deem necessary for 6 the proper conduct of the business authorized and licensed under and for 7 the enforcement of this article, in addition hereto and not inconsistent 8 herewith. Such rules, regulations, rulings, demands and findings shall 9 include, but not be limited to, requiring licensed cashers of checks to 10 file suspicious activity reports. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03571-01-5 
Text of A 1515 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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