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Senate Bill S6461

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires telemarketers to add a customer's telephone number to all do-not-call lists maintained by such telemarketer

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2025-S6461 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1845
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-z, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9245
2023-2024: S1769, A9554

2025-S6461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires telemarketers to add a customer's telephone number to all do-not-call lists maintained by such telemarketer when a customer requests to add their number to any do-not-call list maintained by such telemarketer.

2025-S6461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6461
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring tele-
   marketers to add a customer's  telephone  number  to  all  do-not-call
   lists maintained by such telemarketer

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 399-z of the general business  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
   9-A.  WHERE  A  CUSTOMER  REQUESTS  TO  HAVE SUCH CUSTOMER'S TELEPHONE
 NUMBER PUT ON A DO-NOT-CALL LIST MAINTAINED BY A TELEMARKETER  AND  SUCH
 TELEMARKETER  MAINTAINS  MORE  THAN ONE SUCH DO-NOT-CALL LIST, THE TELE-
 MARKETER SHALL PLACE THE  TELEPHONE  NUMBER  OF  SUCH  CUSTOMER  ON  ALL
 DO-NOT-CALL LISTS MAINTAINED BY SUCH TELEMARKETER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03450-01-5

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