New York S 1545: Relates to instituting internet service neutrality

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S01545 Summary:

BILL NOS01545 

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Amd Art 11 Art Head, §§212 & 215, add §231, Pub Serv L; add §149, St Fin L

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Relates to instituting internet service neutrality; provides the public service commission with jurisdiction over monitoring broadband internet service providers; requires a certification for internet service neutrality in certain state contracts.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1545

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the state finance law, in
 relation to instituting internet service neutrality

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

 1 Section 1. The article heading of article 11 of the public service
 2 law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 PROVISIONS RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION COMPANIES AND BROADBAND
 5 INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
 6 § 2. Section 212 of the public service law is amended by adding two
 7 new subdivisions 15 and 16 to read as follows:
 8 15. "Broadband internet access service" shall mean a mass-market
 9 retail service that provides the capability to transmit data to and
 10 receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including
 11 any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the
 12 communications service, but shall not include dial-up internet access
 13 service.
 14 16. "Broadband internet service provider" shall mean any person, busi-
 15 ness or organization qualified to do business in this state, including
 16 municipal broadband providers, that provides individuals, corporations,
 17 or other entities with broadband internet access service.
 18 § 3. The section heading of section 215 of the public service law, as
 19 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivi-
 20 sion 14 is added to read as follows:
 21 Duties of the commission in respect to cable television companies and
 22 broadband internet service providers.
 23 14. Develop and maintain a statewide plan for the monitoring of broad-
 24 band internet service providers, including the annual certification that

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04517-01-5

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 1 broadband internet service providers comply with the internet service
 2 neutrality requirements established in section two hundred thirty-one of
 3 this article.
 4 § 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 149 to
 5 read as follows:
 6 § 149. Internet service neutrality requirements in certain procurement
 7 contracts. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 8 where a contract that includes broadband internet access services is to
 9 be awarded by a state agency as defined in section one hundred sixty of
 10 this chapter or any state or local authority as such terms are defined
 11 in section two of public authorities law, municipal corporation as
 12 defined in section two of the general municipal law, public library or
 13 association library, as such terms are defined in section two hundred
 14 fifty-three of the education law, the legislature, judiciary, state
 15 university of New York, or city university of New York pursuant to a
 16 competitive bidding process or a request for proposal process, such
 17 competitive bidding process or request for proposal and the subsequent
 18 awarded contract shall require that such broadcast internet access
 19 services are compliant with the internet service neutrality requirements
 20 established in section two hundred thirty-one of the public service law.
 21 Pro