Senate Bill S5123

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the disclosure of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail specialty

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-S5123 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6855
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §404-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8136, A10238
2021-2022: S187, A5545
2023-2024: S1188, A5224, A6602
2025-2026: S3192

2019-S5123 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the disclosure of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement businesses which practice nail specialty.

2019-S5123 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5123 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5123
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  the
   disclosure  of prices and additional charges at appearance enhancement
   businesses which practice nail speciality

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  404-b of the general business law, as amended by
 chapter 80 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 404-b. Nail specialty; owner responsibilities. In  addition  to  any
 rules  and  regulations  establishing  standards for practices and oper-
 ations by licensees under this article[,]: 1. in  order  to  ensure  the
 health, safety and welfare within appearance enhancement businesses, all
 owners and operators of appearance enhancement businesses which practice
 nail  specialty  shall  make available for use, gloves and facemasks for
 nail speciality licensees and trainees who work in such businesses;  AND
 2. IN ORDER TO ENSURE ALL CUSTOMERS ARE AWARE OF ANY CHARGES OR FEES FOR
 THE  SERVICES  THEY  RECEIVE,  ALL  OWNERS  AND  OPERATORS OF APPEARANCE
 ENHANCEMENT BUSINESSES WHICH PRACTICE NAIL SPECIALITY SHALL:  (A)  POST,
 AT  EACH  COUNTER  OR  DESK  AT  WHICH  ORDERS  ARE PLACED, SERVICES ARE
 PROVIDED AND/OR PAYMENT IS MADE, A  LIST  CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAYING  THE
 CURRENT PRICE OF THE BASIC SERVICES PROVIDED. SUCH PRICE LIST SHALL ALSO
 DISCLOSE  FACTORS  WHICH MAY CAUSE THE PRICE TO BE HIGHER THAN THE BASIC
 PRICE, AND THE RANGE OF THE POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL CHARGES WHEN SUCH  VARI-
 ABLES  PERTAIN;  AND  (B)  ENSURE ALL LICENSEES AND TRAINEES WHO WORK IN
 SUCH BUSINESSES  INFORM  CUSTOMERS  OF  ANY  ADDITIONAL  CHARGES  BEFORE
 PERFORMING SERVICES WHICH INCUR SUCH ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10513-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.