Senate Bill S4433

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to pricing changes for online grocery delivery and online pick-up services

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

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

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2025-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1096
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 38-C §§840 & 841, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9277, A9194

2025-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the clear and conspicuous disclosure of pricing changes for online grocery delivery and online pick-up services; imposes a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than two hundred fifty dollars for a second and each subsequent offense for violations.

2025-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4433
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 the  disclosure
   of  pricing  changes  for  online  grocery delivery and online pick-up
   services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 38-C to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 38-C
                         ONLINE SALE OF GROCERIES
 SECTION 840. DEFINITIONS.
         841. DISCLOSURE  OF  PRICING CHANGES FOR ONLINE GROCERY DELIVERY
                AND ONLINE PICK-UP SERVICES.
   § 840. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)"GROCERY STORE"  OR  "FOOD  RETAILER"  SHALL  MEAN  A  SUPERMARKET,
 GROCERY  STORE  OR  OTHER RETAILER THAT OPERATES ON A SELF-SERVICE BASIS
 AND SELL A MINIMUM PERCENTAGE, AS DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OF  STATE,
 OF PRODUCE, MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD, BAKED GOODS AND/OR DAIRY PRODUCTS.
   (B)  "THIRD-PARTY  DELIVERY  PLATFORM"  SHALL MEAN ANY WEBSITE, MOBILE
 APPLICATION OR OTHER INTERNET SERVICE THAT OFFERS OR ARRANGES THE  SALE,
 PURCHASE,  DELIVERY  OR  PICKUP  OF ANY PRODUCTS FROM A GROCERY STORE OR
 FOOD RETAILER ONLINE.
   § 841. DISCLOSURE OF PRICING CHANGES FOR ONLINE GROCERY  DELIVERY  AND
 ONLINE  PICK-UP SERVICES. 1. ANY GROCERY STORE, FOOD RETAILER, OR THIRD-
 PARTY DELIVERY  PLATFORM  SHALL  CLEARLY  AND  CONSPICUOUSLY  STATE  ANY
 DIFFERENCE  IN  THE PRICE OF A PRODUCT BEING PURCHASED OR ORDERED ONLINE
 RELATIVE TO THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT WHEN IT  IS  PURCHASED  OR  OFFERED
 IN-STORE  ON  THE  DAY  OF  THE ONLINE ORDER. THE DIFFERENCE IN PURCHASE
 PRICE FOR EACH PRODUCT SHALL BE  DISCLOSED  ON  THE  WEBSITE  OR  MOBILE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01303-02-5

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