Assembly Bill A1163

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to pre-recorded political messages

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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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2021-A1163 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4457
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-p, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4581
2015-2016: A6026, S2733
2017-2018: A5488, S5606
2019-2020: A5343, S3981
2023-2024: S1735

2021-A1163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to pre-recorded political messages; prohibits automatic dialing-announcing devices unless a live operator provides certain information in the first thirty seconds; requires registration; authorizes attorney general to investigate violations.

2021-A1163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1163
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  pre-recorded
   political messages
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 399-p of
 the general business law, as amended by chapter 581 of the laws of 1992,
 are amended and two new paragraphs (f) and (g)  are  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (d)  "consumer telephone call" means a call made to a telephone number
 by a telephone solicitor, whether  by  device,  live  operator,  or  any
 combination thereof, for the purpose of soliciting a sale of any consum-
 er  goods  or services for personal, family or household purposes to the
 consumer called, or for the purpose of soliciting an extension of credit
 for consumer goods or services  to  the  consumer  called,  or  for  the
 purpose of obtaining information that will or may be used for the direct
 solicitation  of  a  sale  of consumer goods or services to the consumer
 called or an extension of credit for such purposes;  provided,  however,
 that  "consumer telephone call" shall not include a call made by a tele-
 phone corporation, as defined by subdivision seventeen of section two of
 the public service law, in response to a specific inquiry initiated by a
 consumer regarding  that  consumer's  existing  or  requested  telephone
 service; [and]
   (e)  "telephone  solicitor"  means  a person who makes or causes to be
 made a consumer telephone call[.];
   (F) "POLITICAL COMMITTEE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF SECTION 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW; AND
   (G)  "PRE-RECORDED  POLITICAL MESSAGE" SHALL MEAN A PRE-RECORDED AUDIO
 MESSAGE DELIVERED BY TELEPHONE THAT IS BY:
   I. A CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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