Senate Bill S8674

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Limits autodialed telephone calls to state residents and requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technologies to telephone customers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S8674 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10739
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §91-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3297, A675
2021-2022: S68, A2047
2023-2024: S1536

2017-S8674 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits autodialed telephone calls to state residents and requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technologies to telephone customers.

2017-S8674 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8674
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, CARLUCCI, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy
   and Telecommunications
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  limiting  autod-
   ialed  telephone  calls  to  state  residents and to require telephone
   service providers to offer free call mitigation technologies to  tele-
   phone customers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "telephone
 consumer privacy protection act".
   § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 91-b to
 read as follows:
   § 91-B. AUTODIALED TELEPHONE CALLS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "AUTODIALED CALL" MEANS:
   (I) A CALL MADE USING EQUIPMENT THAT MAKES A SERIES OF CALLS TO STORED
 TELEPHONE  NUMBERS,  INCLUDING NUMBERS STORED ON A LIST, OR TO TELEPHONE
 NUMBERS PRODUCED USING A RANDOM OR SEQUENTIAL NUMBER  GENERATOR,  EXCEPT
 THAT THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE A CALL MADE USING ONLY EQUIPMENT THAT THE
 CALLER  DEMONSTRATES  REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL HUMAN INTERVENTION
 TO DIAL OR PLACE A CALL AFTER A HUMAN INITIATES THE CALL  OR  SERIES  OF
 CALLS;
   (II) A CALL MADE USING AN ARTIFICIAL OR PRERECORDED VOICE MESSAGE; OR
   (III)  A  TEXT MESSAGE MADE USING EQUIPMENT THAT ISSUES TWENTY OR MORE
 TEXTS AT A TIME, OR SENDS A SERIES OF NEARLY IDENTICAL  TEXTS  TO  TELE-
 PHONE NUMBERS ON A LIST, OR TO TELEPHONE NUMBERS PRODUCED USING A RANDOM
 OR  SEQUENTIAL  NUMBER  GENERATOR, EXCEPT THAT THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE
 TEXTS THAT THE SENDER DEMONSTRATES WERE SENT TO  THE  SENDER'S  PERSONAL
 ACQUAINTANCES.
   (B)  "CALL  MITIGATION TECHNOLOGY" MEANS TECHNOLOGY THAT IDENTIFIES AN
 INCOMING CALL OR TEXT MESSAGE AS BEING, OR AS PROBABLY BEING, AN  AUTOD-
 IALED CALL AND, ON THAT BASIS, BLOCKS THE CALL OR MESSAGE, DIVERTS IT TO
 THE  CALLED  PERSON'S  ANSWERING  SYSTEM,  OR OTHERWISE PREVENTS IT FROM
 BEING COMPLETED TO THE CALLED PERSON, EXCEPT THAT IT PERMITS A  CALL  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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