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A 4819: Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year.
What A 4819 does, verified January 9, 2026
The proposed law aims to provide benefits to passengers using the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company. Passengers who purchase one-way, round trip, or multi-trip tickets for these trains can keep them for up to one year without any additional fees. If the ticket is returned within this timeframe, the full purchase price will be reimbursed to the passenger. Additionally, if a passenger buys a ticket with insufficient fare after boarding, the additional fare will be rounded up to the nearest quarter of a dollar. These changes are intended to provide greater flexibility and convenience for passengers using these trains.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4819
- What is the current status of A 4819?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 4819 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to corporations, authorities and commissions".
- Did A 4819 pass?
- Not yet. A 4819 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4819, and where is it now?
- A 4819 was authored by Asm. Ari Brown with 7 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Corporations, Authorities & Commissions.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
| Feb. 06, 2025 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 6, 2025 · 370 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4819 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, GANDOLFO, DeSTEFANO, SLATER, McDONOUGH, BRABENEC, MAHER, DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets and tickets purchased after boarding the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Compa- ny The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding two new 2 sections 1266-n and 1266-o to read as follows: 3 § 1266-n. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad 4 Company; reimbursement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 5 one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket not purchased for a specific 6 month or unlimited travel, but purchased for use on the Long Island Rail 7 Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company shall be valid for one 8 year from the date of purchase and the authority shall reimburse one 9 hundred percent of the purchase price of any unused Long Island Rail 10 Road or Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company one-way, round trip or 11 multi-trip ticket to the bearer of such ticket, provided that such tick- 12 et is returned within one year of the date of purchase. The authority is 13 prohibited from assessing any surcharge or processing fee for the return 14 of any such unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket purchased 15 for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Rail- 16 road Company. 17 § 1266-o. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad 18 Company; fare after boarding. Additional train fare purchased after 19 boarding by a passenger possessing a ticket with insufficient fare, 20 shall be rounded up to the nearest quarter of a dollar. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 22 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06003-01-5
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