# New York S 8408: Relates to prohibited unlicensed activities

New York S 8408, Relates to prohibited unlicensed activities, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Liz Krueger (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-05 (SIGNED CHAP.610) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 8408
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to prohibited unlicensed activities
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-06-09
- Last action: 2025-12-05, SIGNED CHAP.610
- Sponsor: Liz Krueger (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: RULES, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (215 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Consumer repayment and penalties for unlicensed providers: mixed, medium. Effective immediately, New York prohibits covered financial activities without required state approval, unless an exemption applies. Unlicensed providers also face penalties for acts or failures to act that would carry monetary penalties for licensed providers. After notice and a hearing, the state…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Liz Krueger (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 136 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 20 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 59 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-12-05: SIGNED CHAP.610 (Senate)
- 2025-12-01: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-13: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.696 (House)
- 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A8804 (House)
- 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1945 (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: REFERRED TO RULES (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-06-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8408)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8408)

## Related
- [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025)
- [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025)
- [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025)
- [A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A11443-2025)
- [A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10343-2025)
- [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S8408-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).