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Directs the department of state and public service commission to study and report upon disclosure by utilities to credit reporting agencies of late payments
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This bill directs the Department of State and Public Service Commission to jointly study and report on how often public utilities, cable television companies, and cellular telephone service providers disclose consumer late payments and payment defaults to credit reporting agencies. The agencies must hold public hearings throughout the state and submit a joint report by December 31, 2027 with findings, conclusions, and recommendations for protecting consumers. The act expires on January 1, 2028.
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Directs the department of state and the public service commission to study and report upon the prevalence of the disclosure by public utilities, cable television companies and cellular telephone service providers to credit reporting agencies of late payments and defaults in payment of fees and charges by consumers.
Sponsor (1)
- Kevin S. Parker Democratic · primary
3 coauthors / cosponsors
- Peter Oberacker Republican · cosponsor
- Lea Webb Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeremy Zellner Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (24)
- Jan 14, 2025 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper
- Feb 25, 2025 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
- Mar 11, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.528 · upper
- Mar 12, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 13, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Mar 19, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Mar 19, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Mar 19, 2025 REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION · lower
- Jun 16, 2025 SUBSTITUTED FOR A5592 · lower
- Jun 16, 2025 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.792 · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper
- Feb 24, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
- Apr 7, 2026 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
- Apr 7, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.687 · upper
- Apr 15, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Apr 15, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Apr 16, 2026 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS · lower
- May 12, 2026 RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 12, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- May 12, 2026 VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 12, 2026 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2011A · upper
- May 28, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A5592A · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S02011 Summary: BILL NO S02011A   SAME AS SAME AS A05592-A
  SPONSOR PARKER   COSPNSR OBERACKER, WEBB, ZELLNER   MLTSPNSR  
  Directs the department of state and the public service commission to study and report upon the prevalence of the disclosure by public utilities, cable television companies and cellular telephone service providers to credit reporting agencies of late payments and defaults in payment of fees and charges by consumers.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
2011--A Cal. No. 687
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sens. PARKER, OBERACKER, WEBB, ZELLNER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Ener- gy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to direct the department of state and the public service commis- sion to jointly study and report upon the provision to consumer credit reporting agencies by public utility companies, cable television companies and cellular telephone service suppliers of information on late payments of or default on any fees or charges incurred by consum- ers; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The department of state and the public service commission 2 shall jointly examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the 3 prevalence of reporting, disclosure and otherwise making available to 4 any consumer credit reporting agency, as defined in subdivision (k) of 5 section 380-a of the general business law, by any public utility company 6 as defined in subdivision 23 of section 2 of the public service law, any 7 municipality engaged in providing any public utility, any cable tele- 8 vision company as defined in subdivision 1 of section 212 of the public 9 service law, any wireless communications service supplier as defined in 10 subdivision 12 of section 301 of the county law, the Long Island power 11 authority or the power authority of the state of New York, any informa- 12 tion relating to the late payment of or default on the payment of any
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05863-03-6
S. 2011--A 2
1 charges or fees by consumers for the provision of any public utility or 2 other services or goods. The department and commission shall study, with 3 particular care, the practice of reporting consumer payment information 4 by the above entities to consumer credit reporting agencies and make 5 recommendations on the regulatory and statutory provisions necessary to 6 protect consumers in this area. 7 § 2. The department of state and the public service commission shall 8 hold joint public hearings throughout the state for the purpose of 9 conducting their duties pursuant to section one of this act. 10 § 3. On or before December 31, 2027, the department of state and the 11 public service commission shall submit a joint report of their findings, 12 conclusions and recommendations to the governor and the legislature, and 13 shall submit with such report such regulatory and legislative proposals 14 as they deem necessary to implement their recommendations. 15 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 16 deemed repealed January 1, 2028.
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