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NY S 4537

in committee

Requires a call-blocking service to be provided in state contracts that include procurement of a voice service

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4537 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4537 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 4537 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY S 4537?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 4537, joined by 2 cosponsors.

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.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Skoufisprimary
  • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.cosponsor
  • Mark Walczykcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 3434not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1826not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3368not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 984

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4537?summary=&detail=

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