New York S 7406: Directs the public service commission to review cellular service within the state

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S07406 Summary:

BILL NOS07406A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09695

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRMAY, MYRIE, ROLISON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §91-b, Pub Serv L

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Enacts the "cellular mapping act"; requires the public service commission to review cellular services within the state; requires the expansion of cellular services.

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BILL NOS07406A

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04/15/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/16/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/16/2026PRINT NUMBER 7406A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7406--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, MAY, MYRIE, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Energy and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Ener-
 gy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the
 public service commission to review cellular services within the state

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "cellular
 2 mapping act".
 3 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 91-b to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 91-b. Cellular services. 1. For the purposes of this section:
 6 (a) The term "served for calling" means any location with at least two
 7 cellular service providers and/or at least one such provider has a call
 8 completion rate of greater than ninety percent.
 9 (b) The term "underserved" means any location which has fewer than two
 10 cellular service providers, or such providers have a call completion
 11 rate greater than thirty percent, but less than ninety percent.
 12 (c) The term "unserved" means any location which has no cellular
 13 service providers or such providers have a call completion rate of less
 14 than thirty percent.
 15 (d) The term "excellent cellular coverage" shall mean cellular service
 16 of at least 25 megabits per second (mbps) download speeds.
 17 (e) The term "adequate cellular coverage" shall mean cellular service
 18 of at least 5 mbps but less than 25 mbps download speeds.
 19 (f) The term "poor cellular coverage" shall mean cellular service of
 20 fewer than 5 mbps download speed.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01755-02-6

 S. 7406--A 2

 1 (g) The term "no cellular coverage" shall mean cellular service where
 2 greater than fifty percent of speed tests fail to complete.
 3 (h) The term "location" shall mean a geographic area smaller than a
 4 census tract.
 5 (i) The term "cellular service provider" shall mean any person, busi-
 6 ness or organization qualified to do business in this state that
 7 provides individuals, corporations, or other entities with the ability
 8 to make wireless telephone calls and connect to the internet.
 9 2. The commission shall study the availability, affordability and
 10 reliability of cellular services in New York state. The commission
 11 shall:
 12 (a) review and appropriately consider the results of the federal
 13 communications commission broadband data task force's newly updated
 14 national broadband map, and any future data, on the availability of
 15 wireless broadband service in New York state;
 16 (b) assess the efficacy and make recommendations regarding levels of
 17 competition among providers, as well as any regulatory and statutory
 18 barriers, in order to deliver comprehensive statewide access to excel-
 19 lent cellular coverage;
 20 (c) review available technology to identify solutions that best
 21 support cellular service in underserved or unserved areas, and make
 22 recommendations on ensuring deployment of such technology in underserved
 23 and unserved areas;
 24 (d) ide