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A04456 Summary:

BILL NOA04456
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04617
 
SPONSORBores
 
COSPNSRWallace, Kelles, Santabarbara, Peoples-Stokes, Tannousis, Beephan, Gibbs
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §399-z, Gen Bus L
 
Raises the maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing to twenty thousand dollars.
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A04456 Actions:

BILL NOA04456
 
02/15/2023referred to consumer affairs and protection
02/28/2023reported referred to codes
03/15/2023reported
03/16/2023advanced to third reading cal.64
03/20/2023passed assembly
03/20/2023delivered to senate
03/20/2023REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
06/01/2023SUBSTITUTED FOR S4617
06/01/20233RD READING CAL.999
06/01/2023PASSED SENATE
06/01/2023RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
09/07/2023delivered to governor
09/13/2023signed chap.365
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A04456 Floor Votes:

DATE:03/20/2023Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 146/1
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chang
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal D
ER
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes ‡
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
ER
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Joyner
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A04456 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4456
 
SPONSOR: Bores
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to raising the maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to deter any would-be violators of the Do Not Call registry.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the general business law by increasing the fine applied to violators of the Do Not Call Registry to $20,000. Section 2 sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: The Do Not Call Registry has been an effective tool in curbing the number of unwanted calls most households receive from companies wishing to solicit information or business. However, there are a number of actors who are violating this law in the hopes of gaining business from unwitting participants. This is a calculated decision they are making as a part of their overall business model. Their calculus is that they will earn more business by violating the law than they will lose in fines from people reporting their misdeeds. This bill aims to further curb these entities from violating the Do Not Call Registry by increasing the fine per violation by almost double, thereby encouraging further compli- ance with the law.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2022: A0083 passed Assembly 2021: A0083 passed Assembly 2020: A0749 referred to Rules 2019: A0749 referred to Consumer Affairs 2017-2018: A3734 referred to Consumer Affairs 2015-2016: A9442 referred to Consumer Affairs   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A04456 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4456
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 15, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  raising  the
          maximum fine for persons who violate the law regulating telemarketing
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  14  of  section  399-z  of  the
     2  general  business law, as amended by chapter 572 of the laws of 2019, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    a. Where it is determined after hearing that any person  has  violated
     5  one  or  more  provisions  of this section, the secretary, or any person
     6  deputized or so designated by him or her may assess a fine not to exceed
     7  [eleven] twenty thousand dollars for each violation.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05489-01-3
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