New York Assembly Bill 3476 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-4)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-09-04 - enacting clause stricken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibits a retail mercantile establishment from requiring a purchaser of goods to provide identification in order to get a refund for or exchange returned goods when the purchaser presents the original sales receipt; provides that when the purchaser does not present an original sales receipt, such an establishment may require the presentation of identification; directs the attorney general to enforce such provisions and imposes civil penalties for the violation of such provisions; directs the department of law to establish a statewide register of those retail establishments which have violated such provisions.

Prohibits a retail mercantile establishment from requiring a purchaser of goods to provide identification in order to get a refund for or exchange returned goods when the purchaser presents the original sales receipt; provides that when the purchaser does not present an original sales receipt, such an establishment may require the presentation of identification; directs the attorney general to enforce such provisions and imposes civil penalties for the violation of such provisions; directs the department of law to establish a statewide register of those retail establishments which have violated such provisions.

Asm. Peter Rivera [D]	Asm. Philip Ramos [D]	Asm. Jose Rivera [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]
Asm. Carmen Arroyo [D]	Asm. Vito Lopez [D]	Asm. Barbara Clark [D]	Asm. Naomi Rivera [D]
Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]	Asm. Michael Benedetto [D]	Asm. Clifford Crouch [R]	Asm. Sandra Galef [D]
Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Aileen Gunther [D]	Asm. Earlene Hooper [D]	Asm. Rhoda Jacobs [D]
Asm. Rory Lancman [D]	Asm. Alan Maisel [D]	Asm. Margaret Markey [D]	Asm. John McEneny [D]
Asm. Thomas McKevitt [R]	Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]	Asm. Robert Reilly [D]
Asm. Joseph Saladino [R]	Asm. Michael Spano [R]	Asm. Robert Sweeney [D]	Asm. Michele Titus [D]
Asm. Darryl Towns [D]	Asm. Harvey Weisenberg [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-04	Assembly	enacting clause stricken
2012-01-04	Assembly	referred to consumer affairs and protection
2011-01-25	Assembly	referred to consumer affairs and protection

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A03476&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A03476&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A03476