NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4060

Senate Bill S4060

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and casualty insurance

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2202 - Signed by Governor

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

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 25, 2021	signed chap.499
Oct 13, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 09, 2021	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1634 substituted for s4060
Jun 09, 2021	substituted by a2202
Jun 08, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1634 committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 02, 2021	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- Jun 9, 2021 - Floor Vote
  A2202
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 9, 2021
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  Jun 8, 2021 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4060
  
  20
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2021
      
      aye (20)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Gallivan

2021-S4060 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2202
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §771, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8769, A10798

2021-S4060 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and casualty insurance before they begin work on a home.

2021-S4060 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4060

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
contractors and subcontractors to disclose the existence of property and
casualty insurance

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill helps protect homeowners from damage that may be the result of
work done by a contractor and/or subcontractor by requiring contractors
and subcontractors to disclose in writing the existence of property
and/or casualty insurance along with the contact information of the
insurance company before doing any work on the property.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 771 of the general business law by adding a new
paragraph (i) that requires a contractor or subcontractor to disclose in

writing the existence of property and/or casualty insurance along with
the insurance companies contact information before commencing any work.

Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

When people suffer damage to their property due to the work of a
contractor/sub-contractor, they deserve, at minimum, to have a clear
idea of how they can file a claim for their property to be made whole.
However, often times contractors/sub-contractors do not provide their
property and/or casualty insurance information or misrepresent the level
of insurance they have to the homeowners before doing the work. A home-
owner should have the insurance information of their contractor before
the work is started to file an insurance claim if damage gets done to
their property.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
180 days.

2021-S4060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4060
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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
   contractors  and  subcontractors to disclose the existence of property
   and casualty insurance

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 771 of the general business law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
   (I)  BEFORE  A CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR BEGINS WORK ON A HOME, SUCH
 WRITING SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE HOMEOWNER  THE  EXISTENCE  OF  A  PROPERTY
 AND/OR  CASUALTY INSURANCE POLICY THAT COVERS THE SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRAC-
 TOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYMENT SHOULD AN  INSURANCE  CLAIM  BE  FILED
 RESULTING  FROM  LOSSES  ARISING  FROM  THE  WORK AT SUCH PROPERTY. SUCH
 DISCLOSURE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF  THE  INSURANCE
 COMPANY  PROVIDING  SUCH PROPERTY AND/OR CASUALTY INSURANCE, INCLUDING A
 PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07039-01-1

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