# New York S 2551: Increases the fines imposed on a corporation for an offense defined within the penal law

New York S 2551, Increases the fines imposed on a corporation for an offense defined within the penal law, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Zellnor Myrie (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-10-16 (SIGNED CHAP.467) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 2551
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Increases the fines imposed on a corporation for an offense defined within the penal law
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-10-16, SIGNED CHAP.467
- Sponsor: Zellnor Myrie (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: CODES
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (159 yes, 56 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Higher fines for convicted corporations: cost, low. Effective immediately upon enactment, the law raises court-set fine limits for corporations convicted of covered offenses. It covers Penal Law offenses and offenses outside that law when no special corporate fine applies. The standard maximums are $80,000 for felonies, $40,000 for class A misdemean…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Zellnor Myrie (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 107 | 33 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 42 | 20 |   |
| 2025-02-24 | committee | Codes Committee Vote | pass | 10 | 3 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-10-16: SIGNED CHAP.467 (Senate)
- 2025-10-09: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-17: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-17: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-05-21: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.212 (House)
- 2025-05-21: SUBSTITUTED FOR A3858 (House)
- 2025-03-25: REFERRED TO CODES (House)
- 2025-03-25: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: 1ST REPORT CAL.361 (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: REFERRED TO CODES (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-01-21: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S2551)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S2551)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S2551-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).