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A06679 Summary:
BILL NO | A06679C |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S08805 |
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SPONSOR | Ryan |
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COSPNSR | Burke, Wallace, Smith, D'Urso, Pheffer Amato, Frontus, Lavine, Braunstein, Miller MG, Simotas, Weprin, Raia, Ramos, Jean-Pierre, Reyes, Solages, Stern, Otis, Steck, Ortiz, Sayegh, DeStefano, Garbarino, Mosley, Rosenthal L, Dinowitz, Blake, Gottfried, Rozic, Carroll, Kim, Cruz, Richardson, Epstein, Quart, Buchwald, Stirpe, Niou, Lentol, Santabarbara, McMahon, Taylor, Glick, Barnwell, Seawright, DiPietro, De La Rosa, Benedetto, Miller B, Norris, Joyner, Jacobson, Abinanti, Fernandez, Pichardo, Rivera, Morinello, Crespo, Simon, Stec, Rodriguez, Lupardo, Jones |
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MLTSPNSR | Arroyo, Crouch, Englebright, Galef, Giglio, Nolan, Thiele |
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Add 224-c, Pub Serv L | |
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Requires the public service commission to review broadband and fiber optic services within the state and requires the expansion of broadband and fiber optic services. |
A06679 Actions:
BILL NO | A06679C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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03/15/2019 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/15/2019 | amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/15/2019 | print number 6679a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/27/2020 | amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/27/2020 | print number 6679b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/13/2020 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/17/2020 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/17/2020 | amend and recommit to rules 6679c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | rules report cal.167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | ordered to third reading rules cal.167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S8805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | 3RD READING CAL.869 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/29/2020 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/31/2021 | pocket veto - veto.77 |
A06679 Committee Votes:
Paulin | Aye | Lawrence | Nay | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Blankenbush | Nay | ||||||
Galef | Aye | Friend | Nay | ||||||
Rodriguez | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Quart | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Otis | Aye | Lalor | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | LiPetri | Aye | ||||||
Kim | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Richardson | Aye | ||||||||
De La Rosa | Aye | ||||||||
Pheffer Amato | Aye | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
Niou | Aye | ||||||||
Fall | Aye | ||||||||
Jean-Pierre | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Excused | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Excused | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Miller | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Excused | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Excused | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
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A06679 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A06679 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6679--C 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RYAN, BURKE, WALLACE, SMITH, D'URSO, PHEFFER AMATO, FRONTUS, LAVINE, BRAUNSTEIN, M. G. MILLER, SIMOTAS, WEPRIN, RAMOS, JEAN-PIERRE, REYES, SOLAGES, STERN, OTIS, STECK, ORTIZ, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO, GARBARINO, MOSLEY, L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, ROZIC, CARROLL, KIM, CRUZ, RICHARDSON, EPSTEIN, QUART, BUCHWALD, STIRPE, NIOU, LENTOL, SANTABARBARA, McMAHON, TAYLOR, GLICK, BARNWELL, SEAWRIGHT, DiPIETRO, DE LA ROSA, BENEDETTO, B. MILLER, NORRIS, JOYNER, JACOBSON, ABINANTI, FERNANDEZ, PICHARDO, RIVERA, MORI- NELLO, SIMON, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, CROUCH, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, GIGLIO, NOLAN, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Corpo- rations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the public service commission reviewing broadband and fiber optic services within the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "comprehensive broadband connectivity act". 3 § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares 4 that access to high-speed internet is a fundamental right and it is 5 incumbent upon the State to ensure provision of this right to every New 6 Yorker. Yet many areas of the state do not have access to adequate 7 broadband services. The lack of competition in the telecommunications EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00855-07-0A. 6679--C 2 1 marketplace has been a cause of deteriorated service for customers and 2 users of regulated telephonic and telecommunications services. The lack 3 of access to adequate internet services for schools, businesses, fami- 4 lies, and healthcare facilities has had substantial negative economic 5 and social impact particularly in rural and other underserved and 6 unserved communities. 7 § 3. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 224-c 8 to read as follows: 9 § 224-c. Broadband and fiber optic services. 1. For the purposes of 10 this section: 11 (a) The term "served" means any location with at least two internet 12 service providers and at least one such provider offers high-speed 13 internet service. 14 (b) The term "underserved" means any location which has fewer than two 15 internet service providers, or has internet speeds of at least 25 mega- 16 bits per second (mbps) download but less than 100 mbps download avail- 17 able. 18 (c) The term "unserved" means any location which has no fixed wireless 19 service or wired service with speeds of 25 mbps download or less avail- 20 able. 21 (d) The term "high-speed internet service" means internet service of 22 at least 100 mbps download and at least 10 mbps upload. 23 (e) The term "broadband service" shall mean a mass-market retail 24 service that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive 25 data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any 26 capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the 27 communications service, but shall not include dial-up service. 28 (f) The term "location" shall mean a geographic area smaller than a 29 census tract. 30 (g) The term "internet service provider" shall mean any person, busi- 31 ness or organization qualified to do business in this state that 32 provides individuals, corporations, or other entities with the ability 33 to connect to the internet. 34 2. The commission shall study the availability, affordability and 35 reliability of high-speed internet and broadband services in New York 36 state. The commission shall: 37 (a) assess the efficacy and make recommendations regarding levels of 38 competition among providers, as well as any regulatory and statutory 39 barriers, in order to deliver comprehensive statewide access to high- 40 speed internet; 41 (b) review available technology to identify solutions that best 42 support high-speed internet service in underserved or unserved areas, 43 and make recommendations on ensuring deployment of such technology in 44 underserved and unserved areas; 45 (c) identify instances where local franchise agreements and legal 46 settlements related to internet access have not been complied with; 47 (d) identify locations where insufficient access to high-speed inter- 48 net and/or broadband service, and/or persistent digital divide, is caus- 49 ing negative social or economic impact on the community; 50 (e) identify locations where the commission believes fiber optic 51 service is necessary for the successful implementation of commission's 52 policies on competition, affordability, and adequate service; 53 (f) examine any other telecommunications deficiencies affecting broad- 54 band service it deems necessary to further the economic and social goals 55 of the state; andA. 6679--C 3 1 (g) produce, maintain and publish on its website, a detailed internet 2 access map of the state, indicating access to internet service by 3 location. Such map shall include, but not be limited to, the following 4 information for each location: 5 (i) download and upload speeds advertised and experienced; 6 (ii) the consistency and reliability of download and upload speeds 7 including latency; 8 (iii) the types of internet service and technologies available includ- 9 ing but not limited to dial-up, broadband, wireless, fiber, coax, or 10 satellite; 11 (iv) the number of internet service providers available, the price of 12 internet service available; and 13 (v) any other factors the commission may deem relevant. 14 3. The commission shall submit a report of its findings and recommen- 15 dations from the study required in subdivision two of this section, to 16 the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of 17 the assembly no later than one year after the effective date of this 18 section, and an updated report annually thereafter. Such report shall 19 include, but not be limited to, the following: 20 (a) the overall number of residences with access to high-speed inter- 21 net identifying which areas are served, unserved and underserved; 22 (b) a regional survey of internet service prices in comparison to 23 county-level median income; 24 (c) an analysis of the affordability of high-speed internet service in 25 New York state; 26 (d) any relevant usage statistics; 27 (e) any other metrics or analyses the commission deems necessary in 28 order to assess the availability, affordability and reliability of 29 internet service in New York state; and 30 (f) the map maintained pursuant to paragraph (g) of subdivision two of 31 this section. 32 4. The commission shall hold at least four regional public hearings 33 within one year of the effective date of this section, to solicit input 34 from the public and other stakeholders including but not limited to 35 internet service providers, telecommunications concerns, labor organiza- 36 tions, public safety organizations, healthcare, education, agricultural 37 and other businesses or organizations. 38 5. The commission shall work with internet service providers in the 39 state to prioritize access to broadband and fiber optic services for the 40 communities determined to have experienced negative economic and social 41 impacts due to absent, insufficient, or inadequate broadband or fiber 42 optic service pursuant to subdivision one of this section. 43 6. To effectuate the purposes of this section, the commission may 44 request and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, 45 commission or other agency of the state or any state public authority 46 such assistance, information and data as will enable the commission to 47 carry out its powers and duties under this section. 48 § 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 49 have become a law.