Assembly Bill A4187

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting unsolicited text messaging through wireless telephones

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4187 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 30-B §§645 - 648, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2280
2011-2012: A2030
2013-2014: A3044, A8421
2015-2016: A1656
2017-2018: A2067
2021-2022: A5056

2019-A4187 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting unsolicited commercial text messaging through wireless telephones.

2019-A4187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4187
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MONTESANO,  GOODELL,  FINCH -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  regulation
   of unsolicited commercial text messages to wireless telephones
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 30-B to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 30-B
                   UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL TEXT MESSAGING
 SECTION 645. DEFINITIONS.
         646. PROHIBITED ACTS.
         647. CIVIL REMEDIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
         648. APPLICABILITY.
   § 645. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "COMMERCIAL TEXT MESSAGING" SHALL MEAN A TYPED MESSAGE TRANSMITTED
 TO A WIRELESS TELEPHONE NUMBER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER  SUCH  MESSAGE  IS
 VIEWED,  STORED  FOR  RETRIEVAL  AT  ANOTHER TIME, PRINTED ONTO PAPER OR
 OTHER SIMILAR MATERIAL, OR FILTERED OR SCREENED, THAT:
   (A) CONTAINS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE SALE OF A  PRODUCT,  SERVICE  OR
 REAL ESTATE;
   (B) CONTAINS A SOLICITATION FOR THE USE OF A TELEPHONE NUMBER, THE USE
 OF  WHICH  CONNECTS  THE USER TO A PERSON OR SERVICE THAT ADVERTISES THE
 SALE OF OR SELLS A PRODUCT, SERVICE OR REAL ESTATE; OR
   (C) PROMOTES THE USE OF OR CONTAINS A LIST OF  ONE  OR  MORE  INTERNET
 SITES  THAT  CONTAIN  AN ADVERTISEMENT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OR A
 SOLICITATION REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   2. "INITIATE THE TRANSMISSION" SHALL MEAN TO TRANSMIT A  TEXT  MESSAGE
 TO  A  WIRELESS  TELEPHONE  NUMBER,  BUT SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY
 INTERVENING INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE WHOSE FACILITIES MAY HAVE  BEEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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