NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5286

Senate Bill S5286

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits self-service facility owners from enforcing liens on personal property held in a self-storage facility during state disaster emergencies or states of emergency

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 09, 2025	referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 27, 2025	advanced to third reading
Mar 26, 2025	2nd report cal.
Mar 25, 2025	1st report cal.595
Feb 20, 2025	referred to judiciary

Votes

- Apr 9, 2025 - Floor Vote
  S5286
  
  36
  
  Aye
  
  24
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 9, 2025
      
      aye (36)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Bynoe
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fahy
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Persaud
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Webb
      
      nay (24)
      
      Ashby
      
      Borrello
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      Murray
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (3)
      
      Gounardes
      
      Parker
      
      Ramos
  Mar 25, 2025 - Judiciary Committee Vote
  S5286
  
  12
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Judiciary Committee Vote: Mar 25, 2025
      
      aye (12)
      
      Bailey
      
      Cooney
      
      Gounardes
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Ramos
      
      Ryan
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      nay (5)
      
      Lanza
      
      Martins
      
      O'Mara
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rhoads
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      excused (1)
      
      Sepúlveda

co-Sponsors

2025-S5286 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:: Lien Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §182, Lien L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S9084
2021-2022: S6648
2023-2024: S4347

2025-S5286 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits self-service facility owners from enforcing liens, by private or public sale, on personal property held in a self-storage facility during state disaster emergencies or county states of emergency.

2025-S5286 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5286

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the lien law, in relation to prohibiting self-service
facility owners from enforcing liens on personal property held in a
self-storage facility during state disaster emergencies or county states
of emergency

 
PURPOSE::

To protect New Yorkers during a state of emergency from having their
items sold or auctioned off.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Subdivision 7 of section 182 of the lien law is amended by adding a new
paragraph (c) to prevent the enforcement of a lien by public or private
sale during a state disaster emergency.

JUSTIFICATION::

COVID-19 has taken the life of many New Yorkers and others around the
country. In addition to that we have also witnessed widespread unemploy-
ment that has left many struggling to pay rent and keep food on the
table. With all of the issues that New Yorkers are facing, they should
not have to worry about their personal property being sold or auctioned
off because they are unable to make the payments.

Unpaid storage fees differ from most unpaid bills because under state
law, storage facilities are granted a lien on the belongings within
them. That means that storage companies have the right to auction
people's things off rather than simply ceasing services to customers who
cannot afford to pay rent and late fees. New Yorkers should not have to
worry about losing their possession, the focus should be on maintaining
their health and safety during these unprecedented times.  Currently,
personal property in storage facilities is not included in Governor
Cuomo's Executive Order on the Eviction Moratorium. This legislation
will ensure that New Yorker's can prioritize their health and safety.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

S.4347 of 2023-2024; Passed Senate, Delivered to Assembly, Referred to
Judiciary;

S. 6648 of 2021-22: Referred to Judiciary;

S. 9084 of 2020: 2020:  Referred to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

None.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This law shall take effect immediately.

2025-S5286 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5286
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the lien law, in relation to prohibiting self-service
   facility owners from enforcing liens on personal property  held  in  a
   self-storage  facility  during  state  disaster  emergencies or county
   states of emergency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 182 of the lien law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) AN OWNER SHALL NOT ENFORCE A LIEN, BY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE, HELD
 UPON PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED AT A SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY  DURING
 A  STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW, OR COUNTY STATE OF EMERGENCY,  AS  DESCRIBED  IN  SECTION
 TWENTY-FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09897-01-5

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Luis R. Sepúlveda