Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A6179

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to attachments to utility poles for broadband service

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

2025-A6179 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2355
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §119-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7119, S5126

2025-A6179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to attachments to utility poles for broadband service; provides that for a broadband internet provider that does not provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly-owned by the pole owner.

2025-A6179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6179
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MEEKS, BRONSON, CLARK, SMULLEN, BICHOTTE HERME-
   LYN, WEPRIN, DAVILA -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to attachments to
   utility poles for broadband service

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  119-a  of  the  public service law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. WITH RESPECT TO A  BROADBAND  INTERNET  PROVIDER  THAT  DOES  NOT
 PROVIDE REGULATED TELEPHONE SERVICE, A POLE OWNER SHALL NOT REQUIRE SUCH
 BROADBAND  INTERNET  PROVIDER  TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVEN-
 IENCE AND NECESSITY UNDER SECTION  NINETY-NINE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AS  A
 CONDITION TO MAKING ATTACHMENTS TO UTILITY POLES SOLELY OWNED OR JOINTLY
 OWNED BY THE POLE OWNER.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NOTHING IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO  CONFER  UPON A BROADBAND INTERNET
 PROVIDER THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE REGULATED TELEPHONE SERVICE ANY  AUTHORI-
 ZATION TO OCCUPY OR USE ANY STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06176-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.