Relates to actions or practices that establish or maintain a monopoly, monopsony or restraint of trade…

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Relates to actions or practices that establish or maintain a monopoly, monopsony or restraint of trade, and authorizes a class action lawsuit in the state anti-trust law

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Latest action May 6, 2026

Relates to actions or practices that establish or maintain a monopoly, monopsony or restraint of trade; authorizes a class action lawsuit in the state anti-trust law.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A2015, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the General Business Law.

Committee

Consumer Protection · New York State Senate

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To specify that any actions or practices which attempt to establish a monopoly or monopsony are illegal and void; to make unlawful that persons in a dominant position in the conduct of any business, trade, or commerce, in any labor market, abuse that dominant position; to prohibit certain vertical restraints; to establish premerger notification requirements; to allow for private enforcement and recoverable damages to be recovered; and to prohibit unfair methods of competition.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 6, 2026Result: passed
(39) (23) (0) (1)
Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesMay 4, 2026Result: passed
(14) (6) (0) (1)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 5, 2025Result: passed
(38) (22) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Consumer Protection
Senate Consumer ProtectionMay 28, 2025Result: passed
(5) (2) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Anna Kelles, Brian Kavanagh and 11 more on Agora

Democratic13

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Tommy Schiavoni

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Michael Gianaris says this is needed

Anti-trust laws are designed to promote a diverse economy by allowing for competition and preventing monopolies and monopsonies. Unilateral actions that seek to create a monopoly are just as harmful as contracts or agreements of multiple parties to do the same, and thus, such actions must also be banned by law. In addition, the abuse of a dominant posi- tion in a market can cause great harm to buyer and seller markets. Powerful corporations, particularly in Big Tech, have engaged in prac- tices such as temporary price reduction with the purpose of forcing competitors to sell their business to them. Such actions are contrary to the interests of the people of the state of New York and should be penalized accordingly. Moreover, an abuse of dominance standard like the one drafted in this bill is used in many other places across the world both within and outside of the EU and will aid the state in addressing abuses by dominant firms.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 6, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 6, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 6, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
May 4, 2026
In committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
NY Senate
May 4, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.879
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.879
NY Senate

Show full history (11 earlier events)

Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Jun 5, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 5, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Jun 4, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 29, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
May 28, 2025
1ST Report CAL.1406
1ST REPORT CAL.1406
NY Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
NY Senate

About this record

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