New York A 8762: Directs the commissioner of health to study the effectiveness and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by law enforcement agencies

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A08762 Summary:

BILL NOA08762 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01121

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SPONSORMiller

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §164-e, Exec L

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Requires state agencies to offer an option for a member of the public to speak to a live agency representative when contacting such agency.

Go to top A08762 Actions:

BILL NOA08762 

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06/02/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

05/05/2026held for consideration in governmental operations

Go to topA08762 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Chair:McDonald 
DATE:05/05/2026AYE/NAY:8/3 Action: Held for Consideration McDonaldAyeBeephanNay

GlickAyeSimpsonNay

KimAyeNovakhovExcused

Bichotte HermelExcusedNorberNay

WilliamsAye

RagaExcused

SimoneAye

ShimskyAye

KassayAye

BurroughsAye

Go to topA08762 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08762 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8762

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring state agen-
 cies to offer the public an option to speak with a live agency repre-
 sentative

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 164-e
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 164-e. Live agency representatives. Every department, bureau, board,
 4 commission, authority, or any other agency or instrumentality of the
 5 state shall provide an initial option for a member of the public to
 6 speak to a live representative, in real time, when contacted by any such
 7 member of the public using a telephone number designated by the depart-
 8 ment, bureau, board, commission, authority, or any other agency or
 9 instrumentality of the state for contact or receiving inquiries from the
 10 public. Any automated answering system used by a department, bureau,
 11 board, commission, authority, or any other agency or instrumentality of
 12 the state shall begin with an option to speak to a live representative
 13 prior to directing the call through any other numeric prompts.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03530-01-5

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