Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to consumer protection |
Jan 28, 2019 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S2678
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 37th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- 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
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
2019-S2678 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §399-cccc, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
-
S8786
2019-S2678 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2678 SPONSOR: MAYER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the release of individuals from shared or family wireless telephone plans in instances of domestic violence PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To allow victims of domestic violence whom have sought and received a permanent order of protection, and are under contract for a "family plan" or other "shared minute" wireless telephone services plan offered by wireless telephone company to break such contract without penalty. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section I of the bill amends the general business law by adding new section 399-ccc to provide that a wireless telephone services company, as defined in section 1225-c(1)(b) of the vehicle and traffic law, local
2019-S2678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2678 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAYER, BROOKS, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the release of individuals from shared or family wireless telephone plans in instances of domestic violence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-cccc to read as follows: § 399-CCCC. WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. EVERY PROVIDER OF WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SHALL ALLOW A PERSON WHO IS UNDER A SHARED PHONE PLAN CONTRACT WITH SUCH PROVIDER AND WHO IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVOLVING ANOTHER PERSON UNDER SUCH SHARED PHONE PLAN CONTRACT, TO OPT-OUT OF SUCH CONTRACT WITHOUT CHARGE WHEN SUCH PERSON REQUESTS TO OPT-OUT IN WRITING AND PROVIDES TO SUCH PROVIDER OF WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS, WHICH SHALL RELATE TO SUCH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE DOCUMENT'S ISSUANCE: (A) A VALID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT REPORT FORM, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE EXECU- TIVE LAW; (B) A VALID POLICE REPORT; (C) A VALID ORDER OF PROTECTION; (D) A SIGNED AFFIDAVIT FROM A LICENSED MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, EMPLOYEE OF A COURT ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL WORKER, A RAPE CRISIS COUNSELOR, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FORTY-FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, OR ADVOCATE ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN AGENCY THAT ASSISTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. A CLAIM FOR OPTING-OUT OF SUCH CONTRACT WITHOUT CHARGE SHALL BE MADE IN GOOD FAITH. SUCH PROVIDER SHALL WAIVE THE OTHERWISE APPLICABLE CHARGES FOR SUCH PERSON REQUESTING TO OPT-OUT OF SUCH CONTRACT. ANY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.