2025 Legislative Bills & Updates
Read the Latest Legislative Updates (Includes State & Federal)
Week of Jan. 13, 2025 – Committee Agendas
Jan. 2-10, 2025 – Bill Activity
Jan. 2-10, 2025 – Bill Intros
April 14 – 18 – Bill Activity
April 14-18 – Bill Intro
Week of June 4 – Committee Agenda
May 26 – 30 – Bill Activity
May 26 – 30 – Bill Intros
Week of May 27 – Committee Agenda
May 19 – 23 – Bill Activity
May 19-23 – Bill Intros
Week of May 19 – Committee Agenda
May 12 – 16- Bill Activity
May 12 -16 – Bill Intros
Week of May 12 – Committee Agendas
May 5 – 9 – Bill Activity
May 5 – 9 – Bill Intros
Week of May 5 – Committee Agendas
April 28 – May 2 – Bill Activity
April 28 – May 2 – Bill Intro
THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE’S 2025 SESSION IS ADJOURNED
The 2025 state legislative session is now adjourned. The Senate finished up June 12, and the Assembly on June 18.
IBANYS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA & EFFORTS
Overall, the session was a successful one for IBANYS and New York community banks.
Status of some of other key bills IBANYS engaged on and closely monitored:
Significantly, IBANYS once again succeeded on two major objectives. No legislative initiatives to permit credit unions to fully participate in the municipal deposits business. . .or, to establish state or public banking in New York passed the Legislature in 2025.
Here is the status of some of other key bills IBANYS on which was engaged and closely monitoring:
- S1996 Sanders/A7306Vanel – to establish a temporary state commission to conduct a feasibility study on the formation and control of a state public bank – passed the Senate but stalled in the Assembly Banks Committee. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1996
- A8549A to amend the State Banking Law in relation to spousal and non-spousal joint accounts and convenience accounts (A.8549, Lavine) – did not move in the Assembly and did not gain a Senate sponsor. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8549/amendment/A
- S8199 Sanders/ A8705 Vanel directing the Department of Financial Services to conduct a study on the Banking Development District program and make recommendations to improve such program passed in the Senate but stalled in the Assembly Ways & Means Committee. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8199
- S8155B,Sanders / A773B,Rosenthal to amend the Banking Law in relation to the use of automated lending decision-making tools to make lending decisions did not pass the Senate or Assembly. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8115/amendment/A. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A773/amendment/A
- A4455, O’Pharrow to stay certain foreclosure proceedings remained in the Assembly Judiciary committee with no same as bill in the Senate. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4455
. . . . HERE is a list of all legislation IBANYS engaged on in our 2025 legislative program, and the final status of each at the end of the legislative session.