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S02524 Summary:

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Add §92-j, Pub Serv L; add §399-z-2, Gen Bus L; add §§149 & 99-ss, amd §165, St Fin L

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Requires that state contracts only be with internet service providers compliant with net neutrality; establishes a revolving fund for the establishment of municipal internet service providers; appropriates $250 million therefor.

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2524

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the general business law and the
 state finance law, in relation to requiring that internet service
 providers that are compliant with net neutrality and state contracts
 only be made with such compliant providers and establishing a revolv-
 ing fund for the creation of municipal internet service providers; and
 making an appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "NYS Net Neutrality Protection Act".
 3 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 92-j to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 92-j. Reports by internet service providers. 1. Any telephone corpo-
 6 ration, as defined by subdivision seventeen of section two of this chap-
 7 ter, or cable television company, as defined by subdivision one of
 8 section two hundred twelve of this chapter, which is also a broadband
 9 internet service provider, as defined by paragraph (b) of subdivision
 10 one of section three hundred ninety-nine-z-two of the general business
 11 law, shall annually report to the department, and publicly disclose,
 12 accurate information regarding network management practices, perform-
 13 ance, and commercial terms of such company's or corporation's broadband
 14 internet access that is sufficient for consumers to make informed choic-
 15 es regarding the use of such services, and for content, application,
 16 service, and device providers to develop, market, and maintain internet
 17 offerings.
 18 2. The publication of disclosures that comply with the federal commu-
 19 nications commission's transparency rule (47 C.F.R. 8.1) shall satisfy
 20 the requirements of subdivision one of this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06634-02-5

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 1 3. The commission shall annually prepare a report that lists the
 2 certification status for each broadband internet service provider quali-
 3 fied to do business in the state. Such report shall be published on the
 4 commission's website and updated at least annually. The commission shall
 5 notify the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the
 6 speaker of the assembly of the publication of such report and of any
 7 updates to such report.
 8 4. Except to the extent necessary to supervise the reporting and
 9 notice requirements of subdivisions one and two of this section, nothing
 10 in this section shall confer upon the commission any regulatory juris-
 11 diction over internet service providers or internet broadband services.
 12 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
 13 z-2 to read as follows:
 14 § 399-z-2. Net neutrality. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this
 15 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 16 (a) "Broadband internet access" shall mean a mass-market retail
 17 service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data
 18 to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints,
 19 including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the opera-
 20 tion of the communications service, but shall not include dial