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NY A00984

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Phillip Steck

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires all state agency, public authority, and municipality contracts that include voice service procurement to include call-blocking services capable of identifying and blocking unwanted calls

  • Defines "voice service" broadly to include any service connected to the public switched telephone network, including VoIP, telephone facsimile transmissions, and other real-time two-way voice communications

  • Defines "call-blocking service" as any service using reasonable analytics to identify unwanted calls and block those identified calls

  • Provides immunity to voice service providers from civil or criminal liability when call-blocking services mistakenly block wanted calls or fail to block unwanted calls

  • Takes effect on January 1 of the year following enactment

Legislative Description

Requires a call-blocking service to be provided in state contracts that include procurement of a voice service; provides that a voice service provider shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for failure of a call-blocking service to block a call, or mistakenly blocking a call that should not have been blocked.

Last Action

referred to governmental operations

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Governmental Operations1/8/2025

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