NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8470

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Aug 06, 2025	referred to rules

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §399-z-1, Gen Bus L

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires voice service providers to display the level of STIR/SHAKEN authentication on incoming calls in an way understandable by the general public; requires voice service providers to file annual reports with the public service commission.

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8470

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the
Robocall Identification and Notification for Guarding consumers act

 
PURPOSE:

To require voice service providers to clearly and consistently display
the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID verification status for incoming phone calls
in real time, thereby empowering consumers to better identify spoofed or
fraudulent calls.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill designates the short title as the "Robocall Iden-
tification and Notification for Guarding consumers Act" or the "RING
Act."

Section 2 outlines legislative findings and intent, recognizing the

increasing danger posed by robocalls, spoofing, and fraudulent telemar-
keting, and the need to make STIR/SHAKEN verification data visible to
consumers at the moment a call is received.

Section 3 amends section 399-z-1 of the general business law by adding a
new subdivision requiring voice service providers operating in New York
to:

* Process and evaluate STIR/SHAKEN verification status for incoming
calls in real time;

* Display verification status visually to the customer when technically
feasible, using standardized labels developed by the Public Service
Commission

* File annual reports with the Public Service Commission;

* Comply with rules promulgated by the Commission and be subject to
civil penalties for violations;

* Ensure that verification information is not knowingly withheld if
available and displaycapabl e.

Section 4 provides a severability clause.

Section 5 establishes the effective date as one year after enactment and
allows necessary rules . and regulations to be developed.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Scam calls and phone number spoofing have become a persistent and wide-
spread threat to New Yorkers, eroding consumer trust and enabling fraud.
STIR/SHAKEN is a framework adopted by telecommunications providers that
uses digital certificates to verify the authenticity of Caller ID Infor-
mation. It stands for Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and
Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs (SHAKEN).
These protocols help identify whether a call has been originated from a
legitimate source or has been spoofed.  Starting in 2021, the Federal
Communications Commission requires the use of these protocols.

While STIR/SHAKEN technology has improved the ability to verify caller
identity, consumers currently have no standardized way to consistently
know whether a caller has been authenticated at the moment they receive
a phone call.

The RING Act fills this transparency gap by requiring phone carriers to
display real-time verification status using clear, universal symbols or
phrases that correspond to levels of STIR/SHAKEN authentication as
determined by the Public Service Commission. This ensures that New York-
ers have the information they need to make safe and informed decisions
about whether to answer a call.

By mandating transparency and standardization, this legislation
strengthens consumer protection, restores trust in telecommunications,
and puts the power back in the hands of call recipients. It also
enhances enforcement by requiring reporting and empowering the Public
Service Commission to oversee compliance.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state. Telecommunications providers are responsible for
implementation using existing STIR/SHAKEN infrastructure.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it has become law.

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8470
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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  enacting  the
   Robocall Identification and Notification for Guarding consumers 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  "Robocall  Identification  and  Notification for Guarding consumers
 Act" or the "RING Act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds  that  the
 increasing  prevalence of phone call spoofing, robocalls, and fraudulent
 telemarketing poses a threat to consumer trust and public safety.  While
 the  implementation  of STIR/SHAKEN technology helps authenticate caller
 identities, consumers are often unaware of whether a call has been veri-
 fied at the time of receipt.  While the Federal  Communications  Commis-
 sion  requires  voice  service  providers  to  implement STIR/SHAKEN, an
 authentication protocol that uses cryptography to ensure that calls  are
 from the numbers they display and makes it easier to trace illegal calls
 back  to their source, voice service providers are not required to indi-
 cate a call's verification status to customers. This act is intended  to
 close  that gap by ensuring voice service providers clearly and promptly
 display verification status to the call  recipient,  thereby  empowering
 New Yorkers to make safer decisions when answering phone calls.
   §  3.  Subdivisions 4, 5 and 6 of section 399-z-1 of the general busi-
 ness law, as added by chapter 585 of the laws of  2021,  are  renumbered
 subdivisions  5,  6  and  7, and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as
 follows:
   4. (A) EVERY VOICE SERVICE PROVIDER OPERATING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 SHALL ENSURE THAT FOR EACH INCOMING CALL TO A CUSTOMER:
   (I) THE CALLER IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION STATUS AS DETERMINED  BY  A
 STIR/SHAKEN  FRAMEWORK OR SUCCESSOR PROTOCOL IS RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13433-05-5

 S. 8470                             2
 
 EVALUATED IN REAL TIME AND, WHERE TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE,  SUCH  VERIFICA-
 TION STATUS SHALL BE DISPLAYED TO THE CUSTOMER AT THE TIME OF THE INCOM-
 ING CALL; AND
   (II)  VERIFICATION  STATUS IS DISPLAYED TO THE CUSTOMER WITH LANGUAGE,
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER,  THAT  SHALL  CORRESPOND  TO  LEVELS  OF
 STIR/SHAKEN  ATTESTATION LANGUAGE OR VISUAL INDICATORS, AS DETERMINED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER, THAT SHALL CORRESPOND TO LEVELS OF STIR/SHAKEN  ATTES-
 TATION.
   (B)  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REVISE
 OR EXPAND THE ACCOMPANYING LANGUAGE AND VISUAL INDICATORS  AS  NECESSARY
 TO ENSURE CLARITY AND EFFECTIVENESS.
   (C)  VOICE SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL FILE ANNUAL REPORTS WITH THE PUBLIC
 SERVICE COMMISSION DETAILING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS,  CHALLENGES,
 AND COMPLIANCE RATES.
   (D)  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES TO ENFORCE
 THIS SECTION AND MAY GRANT TEMPORARY WAIVERS OR EXTENSIONS NOT EXCEEDING
 TWELVE MONTHS WHERE VOICE SERVICE PROVIDERS DEMONSTRATE GOOD-FAITH TECH-
 NOLOGICAL BARRIERS.
   (E) ANY VOICE SERVICE PROVIDER FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION  MAY
 BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY
 OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
   (F)  NO  VOICE SERVICE PROVIDER SHALL KNOWINGLY FAIL TO PRESENT CALLER
 IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION INFORMATION TO A CUSTOMER IN  REAL  TIME  IF
 SUCH  DATA  IS  AVAILABLE  AND  THE  DEVICE  OR APPLICATION SUPPORTS ITS
 DISPLAY.
   § 4. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent
 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,  impair,  or
 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
 to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof
 directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
 been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature
 that this act would have been enacted even if  such  invalid  provisions
 had not been included herein.
   §  5. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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John C. Liu

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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