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A03753 Summary:

BILL NOA03753 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07406

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SPONSORJones

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COSPNSRShrestha, Walsh

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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 NOA03753 

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01/30/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

09/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3753

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 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 of 2025".
 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.
 21 (g) The term "no cellular coverage" shall mean cellular service where
 22 greater than fifty percent of speed tests fail to complete.
 23 (h) The term "location" shall mean a geographic area smaller than a
 24 census tract.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01755-01-5

 A. 3753 2

 1 (i) The term "cellular service provider" shall mean any person, busi-
 2 ness or organization qualified to do business in this state that
 3 provides individuals, corporations, or other entities with the ability
 4 to make wireless telephone calls and connect to the internet.
 5 2. The commission shall study the availability, affordability and
 6 reliability of cellular services in New York state. The commission
 7 shall:
 8 (a) review and appropriately consider the results of the federal
 9 communications commission broadband data task force's newly updated
 10 national broadband map, and any future data, on the availability of
 11 wireless broadband service in New York state;
 12 (b) assess the efficacy and make recommendations regarding levels of
 13 competition among providers, as well as any regulatory and statutory
 14 barriers, in order to deliver comprehensive statewide access to excel-
 15 lent cellular coverage;
 16 (c) review available technology to identify solutions that best
 17 support cellular service in underserved or unserved areas, and make
 18 recommendations on ensuring deployment of such technology in underserved
 19 and unserved areas;
 20 (d) identify locations where insufficient access to excellent cellular
 21 coverage is causing negative social or economic impact on the community,
 22 which shall include but not be limited to: the incurment of extraneous
 23 business expenses, the lack of remote educational opportunities, resi-
 24 dents being unable to place calls