Assembly Actions -
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Mar 15, 2017 |
signed chap.18 |
Mar 03, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Feb 28, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.23 substituted for a371 |
Jan 18, 2017 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 09, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.10 |
Jan 05, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S977
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) 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
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co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2017-S977 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S977 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring telemarketers to transmit to consumers the correct caller identification information PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this legislation is to establish a more reasonable burden of proof to prove a violation of the requirement of Chapter 484 that telemarketers transmit correct caller identification information to consumers who utilize a caller identification service. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends paragraph k of subdivision 1 of section 399-z of the General Business Law. Section 2 amends subdivision 2-a of section 399-z of the General Business Law. JUSTIFICATION : This bill represents the agreed upon changes to chapter 484 of the
2017-S977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 977 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring tele- marketers to transmit to consumers the correct caller identification information THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 399-z of the general business law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the general business law, relating to the transmission of caller identification to consumers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6809-B and A.9457-A, is amended to read as follows: 2-a. It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer or seller to KNOWINGLY cause any caller identification service to [knowingly] transmit mislead- ing, inaccurate, or false caller identification information, provided that it shall not be a violation to substitute (for the name and phone number used in, or billed for, making the call) the name or telephone number of the person or seller on behalf of which a telemarketing call is placed. § 2. Subdivision 7-a of section 399-pp of the general business law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the general business law, relating to the transmission of caller identification to consumers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6809-B and A.9457-A is amended to read as follows: 7-a. Unlawful transmission of certain caller identification informa- tion. It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer or seller to KNOWINGLY cause any caller identification service to [knowingly] transmit mislead- ing, inaccurate, or false caller identification information, provided that it shall not be a violation to substitute (for the name and phone number used in, or billed for, making the call) the name or telephone EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07078-01-7
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