Assembly Bill A1672

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog, cat, or rabbit from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal

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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
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A1672 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §753-e, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4058

2025-A1672 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog, cat, or rabbit from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal; provides that such provisions apply to the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits through an online website.

2025-A1672 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1672
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   contracts  for the purchase or financing of a dog, cat, or rabbit from
   including provisions allowing repossession of the animal

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  753-e  of  the general business law, as added by
 chapter 272 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 753-e. Prohibited contracts. No contract for the purchase of  a  dog
 [or  a], cat, OR RABBIT, or the financing of such purchase shall include
 any provisions which authorize the use of a dog [or a], cat,  OR  RABBIT
 as  security  where  such dog [or], cat, OR RABBIT may be repossessed by
 the seller or lender contingent on the purchaser making  payments  under
 such contract. Provided, however, nothing in this section shall prohibit
 the purchase of a dog [or], cat, OR RABBIT through an unsecured personal
 loan,  nor  be construed to limit the enforcement of other provisions of
 this article, article [twenty-six-a] TWENTY-SIX-A of the agriculture and
 markets law or other rights or remedies which are otherwise available to
 all parties under any other law.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 ALSO  APPLY  TO  THE  SALE  OF  A  DOG, CAT, OR RABBIT THROUGH AN ONLINE
 WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04457-01-5

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