Senate Bill S5343A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires reports from certain telephone corporations on the quality and availability of line-powered voice services

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S5343 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Services

2023-S5343 - Summary

Requires reports from certain telephone corporations on the quality and availability of line-powered voice services.

2023-S5343 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5343 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5343
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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  in  relation to requiring reports from broadband, telephone and
   cable companies on the quality and availability of copper  wire  based
   services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. Within sixty days after the effective date of this  act,
 each  broadband, telephone and cable company with more than ten thousand
 customers  shall  prepare and submit to the department of public service
 and the legislature a written report that shall make findings and recom-
 mendations concerning the quality and availability of copper wire  based
 services.  Without unreasonably exposing customers' personally identifi-
 able information in a manner  that  violates  the  public  service  law,
 department of public service practices or federal law, reports from such
 companies shall include, but not be limited to the following:
   a.  the  number  of customers who receive residential service provided
 via copper wire;
   b. the number of customers that were notified by the company that they
 would be switched from copper wire based service to  fiber  optic  based
 service,  despite  customers'  requests  to  remain on copper wire based
 service;
   c. the number and location of service areas  where  both  the  company
 informed  customers  that the customer's copper wire based service shall
 be discontinued and where customers also did not  have  the  ability  to
 switch to fiber based service at the time of such notification;
   d.  the  number  of  customers who requested or attempted to return to
 copper wire based service after being moved to fiber optic based service
 by the company; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09936-01-3
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2023-S5343A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Services

2023-S5343A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires reports from certain telephone corporations on the quality and availability of line-powered voice services.

2023-S5343A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5343A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5343--A
     Cal. No. 529
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  --  reported  favorably from said committee, ordered to first
   and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation to requiring reports from certain telephone corpo-
   rations on the quality and availability of line-powered voice services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
 the following meanings:
   a. "line-powered voice service" means residential voice  service  that
 is provided using copper-based facilities that are line-powered; and
   b. "covered provider" means a telephone corporation with more than ten
 thousand  customers  that has provided line-powered voice service at any
 point on or after January 1, 2021.
   2. Within sixty days after  the  effective  date  of  this  act,  each
 covered  provider  shall  prepare and submit to the department of public
 service and the legislature a written report that  shall  make  findings
 and recommendations concerning the quality and availability of line-pow-
 ered voice services. Without unreasonably exposing customers' personally
 identifiable  information  in  a manner that violates the public service
 law, department of public service practices or federal law, reports from
 such covered provider shall include, but not be limited to  the  follow-
 ing:
   a. the number of customers who receive line-powered voice services;
   b. the number of customers that were notified by the company that they
 would  be  switched from line-powered voice service to fiber optic based
 service, despite customers' requests to  remain  on  line-powered  voice
 service;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09936-02-3
              

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