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2025-2026 Legislative Session 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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Kevin S. Parker

(D, WF) 21st Senate District

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Peter Oberacker

(R, C) 51st Senate District

Lea Webb

(D, WF) 52nd Senate District

Jeremy J. Zellner

(D) 61st Senate District

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See Assembly Version of this Bill: A5592 Law Section: Public Services Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions: 2015-2016: S7784
2017-2018: S5039
2019-2020: S2355
2021-2022: S2933
2023-2024: S2623, A5367

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          - Summary

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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        - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER: S2011

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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 compa-
nies and cellular telephone service suppliers of information on late
payments of or default on any fees or charges incurred by consumers; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of State and
Public Service Commission to study and make recommendations regarding
the practice of utility, cable, and telephone service providers report-
ing customer payment information to consumer reporting agencies.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill would require the Department of State and Public Service
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      - Bill Text [download pdf](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/s2011)

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

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                               2011

                    2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                         I N  S E N A T E

                         January 14, 2025
                            ___________

Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations

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:

Section 1. The department of state and the public service commission
shall jointly examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the
prevalence of reporting, disclosure and otherwise making available to
any consumer credit reporting agency, as defined in subdivision (k) of
section 380-a of the general business law, by any public utility company
as defined in subdivision 23 of section 2 of the public service law, any
municipality engaged in providing any public utility, any cable tele-
vision company as defined in subdivision 1 of section 212 of the public
service law, any wireless communications service supplier as defined in
subdivision 12 of section 301 of the county law, the Long Island power
authority or the power authority of the state of New York, any informa-
tion relating to the late payment of or default on the payment of any
charges or fees by consumers for the provision of any public utility or
other services or goods. The department and commission shall study, with
particular care, the practice of reporting consumer payment information
by the above entities to consumer credit reporting agencies and make
recommendations on the regulatory and statutory provisions necessary to
protect consumers in this area.

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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