Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 19, 2026Result: passed
(59) (0) (0) (4)
Senate bill · S6023 (2025-26)
Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide
PassedLatest action May 28, 2026
New York State Senate
Same as A11046, the matching bill in the Assembly.
Summary
Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide and post such guide to the division for small-business's website.
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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo
The purpose of this bill is to require the Division for Small Business to compile and publish a small business compliance guide by January 31 of each year that catalogs the statutory and regulatory changes of the previous year in layman terms, provided that such guide shall be posted to the Division's website.
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Where it stands
Passed the legislature and is awaiting a signature.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business · New York State Senate
Also referred to Small Business · New York State Assembly, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.
Cosponsors
Landon C. Dais, Larinda Hooks and 2 more on Agora
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The sponsor's argument
Why April Baskin says this is needed
Under current law, the State is not statutorily required to create a small business compliance guide informing business owners of statutory and regulatory changes in one easy-to-understand guidance document. Rather, the current law requires every agency to submit to the Secretary of State a list of all guidance documents on which the agency relies and how the public may obtain such documents. Such guidance documents may also be exempt from publication in the State Register if the documents are available on the agency's website. Small businesses must comply with scores of local", State, and federal laws, rules, and regulations, which are constantly changing. Such changes are often conveyed in formal, technical, and complex terms. Keeping up with these changes is a burden for business owners. Therefore, it is imperative to ease that burden by collecting many of the statutory and regulatory changes of the previous year in a small business compliance guide. This bill would make this burden easier for small business owners to consult one resource about changes made to laws and regulations during the previous year.
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Recorded votes
Vote: Committee vote · Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small BusinessMay 13, 2026Result: passed
(9) (0) (0) (0)Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 12, 2025Result: passed
(57) (0) (0) (5)Vote: Committee vote · Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small BusinessApr 29, 2025Result: passed
(8) (0) (0) (1)
Full history
- May 28, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading Rules CAL.161
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.161
NY Assembly
- May 28, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
- May 28, 2026
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR A11046
NY Assembly
- May 20, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
- May 20, 2026
Rules Report CAL.161
RULES REPORT CAL.161
NY Assembly
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- May 19, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
- May 19, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
- May 19, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
- May 19, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
- May 18, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
- May 14, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
- May 13, 2026
1ST Report CAL.1113
1ST REPORT CAL.1113
NY Senate
- May 13, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
- Apr 24, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS
NY Assembly
- Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
- Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
NY Senate
- May 12, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
- May 12, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
- May 12, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS
NY Assembly
- May 1, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
- Apr 30, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
- Apr 29, 2025
1ST Report CAL.728
1ST REPORT CAL.728
NY Senate
- Mar 4, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
NY Senate