S 8939 — Relates to the interest rate cap on cash advances against wages or salary
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Clarifies that all wage and cash advances against salary or future pay are loans subject to the interest rate cap in the general obligations law.
Latest action: 2026-01-16 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Samra Brouk (—, NY-55) — sponsor · 2026-01-16
- Jabari Brisport (—, NY-25) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Cordell Cleare (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Liz Krueger (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Shelley Mayer (—, NY-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2026-01-16
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | Liz Krueger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Shelley Mayer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Zellnor Myrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Cordell Cleare | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Samra Brouk | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-16 | Jabari Brisport | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Liz Krueger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Jabari Brisport (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · sponsored by Samra Brouk (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Cordell Cleare (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-16 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship