Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 20, 2019 |
approval memo.74 signed chap.727 |
Dec 17, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
May 13, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.217 substituted for a458 |
May 07, 2019 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 06, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
May 01, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 30, 2019 |
1st report cal.473 |
Mar 22, 2019 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S4756
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S4756 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S4756 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4756 SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to direct dialing to public service answering points PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to help ensure that people in public build- ings know how to access 911 in case of an emergency. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. adds a new section, 717-a, to the Executive Law. This section defines "public building" and "multi-line telephone system." It also sets the requirement that all public buildings operating on a multi-line telephone system configure their system hardware to allow any call to 911 on the system to be directly connected to a public service answering point. However, an exception to this requirement would be established for any public building that would be required to upgrade their system hardware in order to comply. If such an exception applies, telephones in
2019-S4756 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4756 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to direct dialing to public service answering points THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 717-a to read as follows: § 717-A. DIRECT DIALING TO PUBLIC SERVICE ANSWERING POINTS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "PUBLIC BUILDING" SHALL MEAN ANY BUILDING BELONGING TO THE STATE, COUNTY, TOWN, VILLAGE, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER POLITICAL OR CIVIL SUBDIVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN ANY SYSTEM COMPRISED OF COMMON CONTROL UNITS, TELEPHONE SETS, CONTROL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, AND ADJUNCT SYSTEMS WHICH ENABLES USERS TO MAKE AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE CALLS USING SHARED RESOURCES SUCH AS TELE- PHONE NETWORK TRUNKS OR DATA LINK BANDWIDTH. THIS TERM INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, NETWORK-BASED AND PREMISES-BASED SYSTEMS SUCH AS CENTREX SERVICE, PREMISES-BASED, HOSTED AND CLOUD-BASED VOIP, AS WELL AS PBX, HYBRID AND KEY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS, AS CLASSIFIED BY THE FCC UNDER PART 68 OF ITS RULES. 3. ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS WHICH OPERATE ON A MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THIS STATE MUST CONFIGURE THEIR MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM HARDWARE TO ALLOW ANY CALL TO 911 ON THE SYSTEM TO BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO A PUBLIC SERVICE ANSWERING POINT. 4. THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PUBLIC BUILDING OPERATING ON A MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE THE HARDWARE OF THEIR TELEPHONE NETWORK TO MEET SAID REQUIREMENT. HOWEVER, EVERY TELEPHONE IN ANY EXEMPT PUBLIC BUILDING OPERATING ON A MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM SHALL PLACE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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