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Home/Bills/S 3698New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 3698: Directs the superintendent of banks to promulgate rules and regulations requiring licensed cashers of checks to file suspicious activity reports.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 8, 2026

What S 3698 does, verified May 8, 2026

The bill aims to require licensed cashers of checks to file suspicious activity reports. The superintendent is authorized to make rules and regulations for the proper conduct of check cashing businesses and enforcement of the article. These rules will include requiring licensed cashers of checks to file suspicious activity reports. The changes will take effect immediately.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A1515 (2025-06-11)Alert me
Recent actions5 total · showing 5
Jun. 11, 2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1515
Mar. 03, 2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb. 26, 20252ND REPORT CAL.
Feb. 25, 20251ST REPORT CAL.389
Jan. 29, 2025REFERRED TO BANKS
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 29, 2025 · 222 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3698 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 S 3698 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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