A 6146: Requires local phone companies to provide customers with a cost free option to block certain information-access services; provides such service shall not be included in the telephone company's rate base; requires the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations relating thereto.
What A 6146 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to provide customers with a cost-free option to block unwanted services such as adult messages, group calling services, and recorded information and entertainment services. Customers who wish to block these services currently have to pay a five-dollar fee. The cost of providing this blocking service and informing customers of the option should be borne by the telephone company. The public service commission will promulgate the necessary rules and regulations within 120 days of the bill's effective date. The bill will take effect 30 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6146
- What is the current status of A 6146?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 6146 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to corporations, authorities and commissions".
- Did A 6146 pass?
- Not yet. A 6146 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6146, and where is it now?
- A 6146 was authored by Asm. John Lemondes with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Corporations, Authorities & Commissions. It is filed under PBS, alongside 90 other New York PBS bills this session.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 287 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6146 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring local phone companies to provide customers with a cost free option to block certain information-access services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. Effective July 1, 1989 2 customers who wish to block "adult" messages, group calling services or 3 recorded information and entertainment services from their phones have 4 had to pay a five dollar fee. The legislature finds that customers 5 should not have to pay to block a service they never requested and that 6 this blocking option should be made available free of charge. 7 § 2. Section 91 of the public service law is amended by adding a new 8 subdivision 15 to read as follows: 9 15. (a) The cost for providing blocking services and informing custom- 10 ers thereof, shall be borne by the telephone company providing the 11 blocking service, and shall not be included in that telephone company's 12 rate base. 13 (b) The public service commission shall promulgate the appropriate 14 rules and regulations within one hundred twenty days of the effective 15 date of this subdivision. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08714-01-5
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