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A 8759: Imposes fines of up to ten thousand dollars per hour on businesses which are found to have skimming devices operating at such business for more than one hour.
What A 8759 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to prevent skimming at businesses by imposing fines on those found to have installed skimming devices. Skimming is defined as obtaining a consumer's personal identifying information through the use of a skimming device. Businesses that install skimming devices for more than one hour and experience skimming will be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per hour. This penalty will be enforced by the person or entity performing the sales transactions that resulted in the skimming occurring. The bill will take effect thirty days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to consumer affairs and protection (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8759
- What is the current status of A 8759?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 8759 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 consumer affairs and protection".
- Did A 8759 pass?
- Not yet. A 8759 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8759, and where is it now?
- A 8759 was authored by Asm. Chantel Jackson. Its committee of record is Assembly Consumer Affairs & Protection.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
| Jun. 02, 2025 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 2, 2025 · 264 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8759 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to imposing fines on businesses which are found to have card skimmers operating at such business The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 390-f to read as follows: 3 § 390-f. Skimming prevention. 1. For the purposes of this section, the 4 term "skimming" shall be defined as obtaining a consumer's personal 5 identifying information as defined in subdivision one of section 190.77 6 of the penal law through the use of a skimmer device as defined in 7 subdivision two of section 190.85 of the penal law. 8 2. Whenever a skimming device is installed at a place of business for 9 more than one hour and skimming occurs, the person, firm, partnership, 10 association or corporation who performed sales transactions which 11 resulted in skimming occurring shall be assessed a civil penalty not to 12 exceed ten thousand dollars per hour the skimming device was installed. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13263-01-5
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