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Assembly Bill A9029

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the do not disturb registry act

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2025-A9029 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 48 §§1800 - 1806, Gen Bus L

2025-A9029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the do not disturb registry act to establish a statewide do not disturb registry which shall contain a list of residents who do not wish to receive unsolicited commercial marketing communications.

2025-A9029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9029
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the do
   not disturb registry act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "do not disturb registry act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The  legislature  hereby  finds
 and  declares  that  it  is  the policy of this state to ensure that its
 residents are not burdened or deceived by unsolicited commercial market-
 ing communications,  including  telemarketing  calls,  electronic  mail,
 physical mail, text message, and facsimiles. The increase in unsolicited
 commercial  marketing  communications  has heightened the risk of making
 residents of this state susceptible to deceptive practices,  scams,  and
 fraudulent schemes. Moreover, the receipt of such communications is also
 a  nuisance  to  residents as such communications clutter their inboxes,
 fill their devices with unwanted messages, and consume  their  time  and
 attention,  thereby  disrupting  their  daily  lives and diminishing the
 privacy and peace they should be able to expect in their personal  spac-
 es.    Furthermore,  the  increase  of  such communications also has the
 effect of diminishing residents' trust in urgent communications.  Final-
 ly,  the  existence  of a statewide do not disturb registry may have the
 effect of lowering marketing costs to businesses, as businesses will  be
 aware  of consumers who have a lower likelihood of positively responding
 to their commercial marketing communications.
   § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 48 to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 48
                          DO NOT DISTURB REGISTRY
 SECTION 1800. DEFINITIONS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13592-01-5
              

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