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S 2243: Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the installation of broadband conduits suitable for fiber optic cables or wireless facilities that support broadband services; provides for access to such conduits on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.
What S 2243 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to require highway projects funded by the state to include the installation of broadband conduits, which are suitable for fiber optic cables or wireless facilities that support broadband services. This is intended to provide access to these conduits for providers of broadband services. The bill also requires the state to ensure that requesting providers have access to the broadband conduits on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, at a cost-based rate. The bill will take effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 2243
- What is the current status of S 2243?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 2243 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 TRANSPORTATION".
- Did S 2243 pass?
- Not yet. S 2243 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 2243, and where is it now?
- S 2243 was authored by Sen. Jeremy Cooney with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 289 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2243 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COONEY, HINCHEY, LIU, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law and the public service law, in relation to requiring highway projects that receive state funding to include the installation of broadband conduits and providing for access to such conduits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 2 23 to read as follows: 3 § 23. Broadband conduit requirement for certain highway projects. 4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any highway 5 project which receives state funding shall include the installation of 6 conduits suitable for fiber optic cables or wireless facilities that 7 support broadband services. 8 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 119-e 9 to read as follows: 10 § 119-e. Broadband conduit access. The commission, in consultation 11 with the department of transportation, shall ensure that any requesting 12 provider of broadband services has access to any broadband conduit 13 installed pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-three of the 14 transportation law. Such access shall be on a competitively neutral and 15 nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth 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. LBD03565-01-5
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