STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6884 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 12, 2023 ___________ 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 items left by guests of hotels or other lodging facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 210 to read as follows: 3 § 210. Items left by guests of lodging facilities. 1. The owner, 4 lessor, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, steamboat, tourist 5 cabin, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house shall make 6 reasonable efforts to contact a guest if any item of greater than nomi- 7 nal value, or identification documents, including but not limited to a 8 driver's license, passport, or non-driver identification card, or copies 9 of identification documents, including but not limited to a copy of a 10 driver's license, passport, or non-driver identification card are left 11 behind after the guest's stay. 12 2. At least two contact attempts must be made within forty-eight hours 13 of the guest completing their stay using the information used to book 14 the stay. A lodging facility must keep a record of the lost item or 15 document and the steps taken to notify the guest. 16 3. If contact cannot be made, the owner, lessor, proprietor, or manag- 17 er shall dispose of identification documents and copies of the docu- 18 ments. Disposal of identification documents or copies of identification 19 documents shall include the physical destruction of any physical copies 20 such that it would be impossible to recreate the copy. 21 4. A lodging facility owner or operator shall not be held liable for 22 any loss or damage to a guest's lost item or document during storage or 23 shipping. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 25 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10733-02-3