A04615 Summary:
BILL NO | A04615 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Mayer |
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COSPNSR | Paulin, Dinowitz, Miller, Weprin, Zebrowski, Cahill, Perry, Benedetto, Otis, DenDekker, Rosenthal, Jaffee, Colton, Gunther, Skoufis, Titone, Markey, Seawright, Galef, Arroyo, Abinanti, Mosley, Gottfried, Steck, Barrett |
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MLTSPNSR | Abbate, Hikind, Lifton, Magee, Ortiz, Schimel, Simon, Solages |
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Add S399-ppp, Gen Bus L; amd S8303, CPLR | |
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Provides that a business entity may not provide false caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass any party; provides definition of business entity. |
A04615 Actions:
BILL NO | A04615 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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02/04/2015 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/17/2015 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/24/2015 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/27/2015 | advanced to third reading cal.146 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/21/2015 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/21/2015 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/21/2015 | REFERRED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2015 | recalled from senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2015 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2015 | vote reconsidered - restored to third reading | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2015 | amended on third reading 4615a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2015 | amend by restoring to original print 4615 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2015 | restored to third reading | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2015 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2015 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2015 | COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | ordered to third reading cal.185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/02/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/02/2016 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/02/2016 | REFERRED TO CODES |
A04615 Committee Votes:
Go to topA04615 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
ER
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
ER
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
ER
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
ER
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
ER
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
ER
Roberts
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titone
ER
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Russell
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
ER
Scarborough
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
EL
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
ER
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Tedisco
ER
Borelli
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
ER
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
ER
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
ER
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
ER
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
ER
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
ER
Tenney
Yes
Blake
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
ER
Robinson
Yes
Titus
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brennan
ER
Fitzpatrick
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
ER
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Butler
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Corwin
ER
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A04615 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4615 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to prohibiting business entities from transmitting false caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass any person The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 399-ppp to read as follows: 3 § 399-ppp. Prohibition on provision of deceptive caller identification 4 information. 1. It shall be unlawful for any business entity, in 5 connection with any telecommunications service or VoIP service, to cause 6 any caller identification service to transmit false caller identifica- 7 tion information, with the intent to defraud or harass, when making a 8 call to any person within the state. 9 2. For purposes of this section: 10 (a) "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, 11 limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other legal 12 entity. 13 (b) "Caller identification information" means information provided to 14 an end user by a caller identification service regarding the telephone 15 number of, or other information regarding the origination of, a call 16 made using a telecommunications service or VoIP service. 17 (c) "Caller identification service" means any service or device 18 designed to provide the user of the service or device with the telephone 19 number of, or other information regarding the origination of, a call 20 made using a telecommunications service or VoIP service. Such term 21 includes automatic number identification services. 22 (d) "VoIP service" means a service that: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00375-01-5A. 4615 2 1 (i) provides real-time voice communications transmitted through end 2 user equipment using TCP/IP protocol, or a successor protocol, for a fee 3 or without a fee; and 4 (ii) is offered to the public, or such classes of users as to be 5 effectively available to the public (whether part of a bundle of 6 services or separately); and 7 (iii) has the capability to originate traffic to, or terminate traffic 8 from, the public switched telephone network. 9 3. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application 10 may be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the 11 state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an 12 injunction, and upon notice to the defendant, to immediately enjoin and 13 restrain the continuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to 14 the satisfaction of the court or justice, by a preponderance of the 15 evidence, that the defendant has, in fact, violated this section an 16 injunction may be issued by such court or justice enjoining and 17 restraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any 18 person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. The court may make 19 allowances to the attorney general as provided in paragraph six of 20 subdivision (a) of section eighty-three hundred three of the civil prac- 21 tice law and rules. In addition to any such allowances, the court may 22 direct restitution to any victim upon a showing of damages by a prepon- 23 derance of the evidence. In addition to any such restitution, whenever 24 the court shall determine that a violation of this section has occurred, 25 the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand 26 dollars per call, up to a total aggregate amount of not more than one 27 hundred thousand dollars, for all calls placed in violation of this 28 section within a continuous seventy-two hour period. In connection with 29 any such proposed application, the attorney general is authorized to 30 take proof and make a determination of the relevant facts and to issue 31 subpoenas in accordance with the civil practice law and rules. 32 4. In addition to the right of action granted to the attorney general 33 pursuant to this section, any person whose caller identification infor- 34 mation was used in connection with a violation of this section or who 35 has received a telephone call in violation of this section may bring an 36 action in his or her own name to enjoin such unlawful act or practice, 37 an action to recover the greater of (a) his or her actual damages, or 38 (b) an amount equal to not more than five hundred dollars per call, up 39 to a total aggregate amount of not more than twenty-five thousand 40 dollars for all calls placed in violation of this section within a 41 continuous seventy-two hour period; or both such actions. The court may 42 award reasonable attorney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff. 43 5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of a 44 law enforcement unit acting within the scope of his or her assigned 45 duties or to a court order that specifically authorizes the use of call- 46 er identification manipulation. 47 § 2. Paragraph 6 of subdivision (a) of section 8303 of the civil prac- 48 tice law and rules, as amended by chapter 530 of the laws of 2002, is 49 amended to read as follows: 50 6. to the plaintiffs in an action or proceeding brought by the [attor-51ney-general] attorney general under [articles] article twenty-two, twen- 52 ty-two-A, twenty-three-A or thirty-three or section three hundred nine- 53 ty-one-b, three hundred ninety-nine-ppp, or five hundred twenty-a of the 54 general business law, or under subdivision twelve of section sixty-three 55 of the executive law, or under article twenty-three of the arts and 56 cultural affairs law, or in an action or proceeding brought by theA. 4615 3 1 [attorney-general] attorney general under applicable statutes to 2 dissolve a corporation or for usurpation of public office, or unlawful 3 exercise of franchise or of corporate right, a sum not exceeding two 4 thousand dollars against each defendant. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 6 have become a law.