NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1931B

Senate Bill S1931B

Signed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 22, 2023	approval memo.78 signed chap.756
Dec 12, 2023	delivered to governor
Jun 10, 2023	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.841 substituted for a7456a
Jun 07, 2023	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1663 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 01, 2023	print number 1931b
Jun 01, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to consumer protection
May 31, 2023	print number 1931a
May 31, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to consumer protection
Jan 17, 2023	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- Jun 7, 2023 - Floor Vote
  S1931B
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2023
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Walczyk
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
  Jun 7, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S1931B
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 7, 2023
      
      aye (16)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      Ortt
      
      Stec

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2023-S1931 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7456
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7590, A9619
2021-2022: S3605, A5169

2023-S1931 - Summary

Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing within a city with a population of one million or more.

2023-S1931 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1931

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards
or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near residen-
tial property

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To prohibiting residential and commercial properties from operating
digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving
lights near residential property.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
397-b to read as follows:

§ 397-b. Digital billboards.

1. All residential and commercial property within fifteen hundred feet
of residential property shall be prohibited from operating a digital
billboard or other type of billboard or sign that uses flashing, inter-
mittent or moving lights.

2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a
one or multi sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images
using light emitting diode technology or any such similar technology.

3. A city, village, or town may, by local law, expressly restrict or
prohibit the use of outdoor advertising signage within fifteen hundred
feet of residential property and commercial.

4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a
civil penalty of one thousand dollars for the first violation, and five
thousand dollars for all subsequent violations.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is in response to the erection of several illuminated digital
billboards near CO-OP City. These multi-sided outdoor advertising signs
intrude on the aesthetics and quality-of-life of nearby residential and
commercial properties

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S3605 - Referred to Consumer Protection

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2023-S1931 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1931
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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  prohibiting
   residential  and  commercial  properties  from operating digital bill-
   boards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights  near
   residential property
 
   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
 397-b to read as follows:
   § 397-B. DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. 1. ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPER-
 TY WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SHALL BE  PROHIB-
 ITED  FROM  OPERATING  A DIGITAL BILLBOARD OR OTHER TYPE OF BILLBOARD OR
 SIGN THAT USES FLASHING, INTERMITTENT OR MOVING LIGHTS.
   2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DIGITAL BILLBOARD" SHALL MEAN  A
 ONE OR MULTI-SIDED OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN THAT DISPLAYS DIGITAL IMAGES
 USING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE TECHNOLOGY OR ANY SUCH SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.
   3.  A  CITY, VILLAGE, OR TOWN MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, EXPRESSLY RESTRICT OR
 PROHIBIT THE USE OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNAGE WITHIN  FIFTEEN  HUNDRED
 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
   4. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
 CIVIL  PENALTY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, AND FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05118-01-3

2023-S1931A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7456
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7590, A9619
2021-2022: S3605, A5169

2023-S1931A - Summary

2023-S1931A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1931A

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
residential and commercial properties located within Co-op City, Bronx
county, from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing,
intermittent or moving lights near residential property

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To prohibiting residential and commercial properties from operating
digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving
lights near residential property.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
397-b to read as follows:

§ 397-b. Digital billboards.

1. All residential and commercial property within fifteen hundred feet
of residential property shall be prohibited from operating a digital
billboard or other type of billboard or sign that uses flashing, inter-
mittent or moving lights.

2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a
one or multi sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images
using light emitting diode technology or any such similar technology.

3. A city, village, or town may, by local law, expressly restrict or
prohibit the use of outdoor advertising signage within fifteen hundred
feet of residential property and commercial.

4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a
civil penalty of one thousand dollars for the first violation, and five
thousand dollars for all subsequent violations.

 
JUSTIFICATION:  This bill is in response to the erection of several
illuminated digital billboards near CO-OP City. These multi-sided
outdoor advertising signs intrude on the aesthetics and quality-of-life
of nearby residential and commercial properties

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S3605 - Referred to Consumer Protection

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2023-S1931A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1931--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   residential and commercial properties located within Co-op City, Bronx
   county,  from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing,
   intermittent or moving lights near residential property
 
   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
 397-b to read as follows:
   § 397-B. DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. 1. ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPER-
 TY  WITHIN  FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN
 INTERSTATE ROUTE NINETY-FIVE ON THE WEST AND THE HUTCHINSON RIVER  PARK-
 WAY ON THE EAST WITHIN BRONX COUNTY SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM OPERATING A
 DIGITAL BILLBOARD OR OTHER TYPE OF BILLBOARD OR SIGN THAT USES FLASHING,
 INTERMITTENT OR MOVING LIGHTS.
   2.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DIGITAL BILLBOARD" SHALL MEAN A
 ONE OR MULTI-SIDED OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN THAT DISPLAYS DIGITAL IMAGES
 USING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE TECHNOLOGY OR ANY SUCH SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.
   3. A CITY, VILLAGE, OR TOWN MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, EXPRESSLY  RESTRICT  OR
 PROHIBIT  THE  USE OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNAGE WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED
 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
   4. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
 CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, AND  FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05118-02-3

2023-S1931B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7456
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7590, A9619
2021-2022: S3605, A5169

2023-S1931B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S1931B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1931B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1931--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
   residential and commercial properties  from  operating  digital  bill-
   boards  or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near
   certain Mitchell-Lama housing
 
   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
 397-b to read as follows:
   § 397-B. DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. 1. ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPER-
 TY WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING USED AS MITCHELL-LAMA HOUS-
 ING  WITH  NO  FEWER  THAN TEN THOUSAND UNITS WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED  FROM  OPERATING  A
 DIGITAL BILLBOARD OR OTHER TYPE OF BILLBOARD OR SIGN THAT USES FLASHING,
 INTERMITTENT OR MOVING LIGHTS.
   2.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DIGITAL BILLBOARD" SHALL MEAN A
 ONE OR MULTI-SIDED OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN THAT DISPLAYS DIGITAL IMAGES
 USING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE TECHNOLOGY OR ANY SUCH SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.
   3. ANY MUNICIPALITY WITH PROPERTY DESCRIBED UNDER SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 THIS  SECTION  MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, EXPRESSLY RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT THE USE
 OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNAGE WITHIN FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET  OF  RESIDEN-
 TIAL PROPERTY.
   4. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
 CIVIL  PENALTY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, AND FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05118-07-3

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