New York S 9642: Limits robocalls to state residents and requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technology to telephone customers

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S09642 Summary:

BILL NOS09642 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02593

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAY, MAYER,
 MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§399-p & 399-pp, Gen Bus L

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Limits robocalls to state residents; requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technology to telephone customers.

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BILL NOS09642 

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03/31/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9642

 IN SENATE

 March 31, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. LIU, ADDABBO, BAILEY, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER,
 PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY
 -- 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 limiting robo-
 calls to state residents and to require telephone service providers to
 offer free call mitigation technology to telephone customers

 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 "robocall
 2 prevention act".
 3 § 2. Section 399-p of the general business law, as amended by chapter
 4 581 of the laws of 1992, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 546 of the
 5 laws of 2000, subdivision 6-a as added and subdivision 8 as amended by
 6 chapter 176 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 399-p. [Telemarketing; use] Use of automatic [dialing-announcing]
 8 dialing devices and placement of robocalls and consumer telephone calls.
 9 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
 10 the following meanings:
 11 (a) "automatic [dialing-announcing] dialing device" means [any auto-
 12 matic equipment which incorporates a storage capability of telephone
 13 numbers to be called and is used, working alone or in conjunction with
 14 other equipment, to disseminate a prerecorded message to the telephone
 15 number called without the use of an operator] equipment that makes a
 16 series of calls to stored telephone numbers, including numbers stored on
 17 a list, except for equipment that requires a human to dial or place each
 18 individual call one call at a time, and requires such human to then
 19 remain on each call;
 20 (b) "person" means any natural person, firm, organization, partner-
 21 ship, association or corporation, or other entity, whether for-profit or
 22 not-for-profit;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02940-01-5

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 1 (c) "consumer" means a natural person who is solicited to purchase,
 2 lease or receive a good or service for personal, family or household
 3 use;
 4 (d) "consumer telephone call" means a call made to a telephone number
 5 by a telephone solicitor, whether by device, live operator, or any
 6 combination thereof, for the purpose of soliciting a sale of any consum-
 7 er goods or services for personal, family or household purposes to the
 8 consumer called, or for the purpose of soliciting an extension of credit
 9 for consumer goods or services to the consumer called, or for the
 10 purpose of obtaining information that will or may be used for the direct
 11 solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services to the consumer
 12 called or an extension of credit for such purposes; provided, however,
 13 that "consumer telephone call" shall not include a call made by a tele-
 14 phone corporation, as defined by subdivision seventeen of section two of
 15 the public service law, in response to a specific inquiry initiated by a
 16 consumer regarding that consumer's existing or requested telephone
 17 service; [and]
 18 (e) "telephone solicitor" means a person who makes or causes to be
 19 made a consumer telephone call;
 20 (f) "robocall" means a call m