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S01650 Summary:

BILL NOS01650
 
SAME ASSAME AS A02076
 
SPONSORSKOUFIS
 
COSPNSRBIAGGI, KRUEGER, THOMAS
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §79-o, Civ Rts L
 
Requires places of public accommodation, resort or amusement that operate televisions during regular hours of operation to provide closed captioning on certain televisions upon request.
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S01650 Actions:

BILL NOS01650
 
01/15/2019REFERRED TO CODES
05/06/2019REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
05/14/20191ST REPORT CAL.719
05/15/20192ND REPORT CAL.
05/20/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/29/2019PASSED SENATE
05/29/2019DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/29/2019referred to governmental operations
05/30/2019substituted for a2076
05/30/2019ordered to third reading cal.388
05/30/2019passed assembly
05/30/2019returned to senate
09/13/2019DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
09/13/2019SIGNED CHAP.295
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S01650 Committee Votes:

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S01650 Floor Votes:

DATE:05/30/2019Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 142/1
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
ER
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
ER
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
ER
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
ER
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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S01650 Memo:

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S01650 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1650
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 15, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring places of
          public accommodation, resort or  amusement  that  operate  televisions
          during  regular  hours  of  operation  to provide closed captioning on
          certain televisions upon request
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
     2  79-o to read as follows:
     3    § 79-o. Closed captioning in places of public accommodation, resort or
     4  amusement. 1. A place of public accommodation, resort or  amusement,  as
     5  defined  in  subdivision  nine  of section two hundred ninety-two of the
     6  executive law, shall upon request be required to have closed  captioning
     7  enabled  on  all televisions that are located in the public area of such
     8  establishment during regular hours of business.  The  regular  hours  of
     9  business of the place of public accommodation, resort or amusement shall
    10  be the hours of operation as posted in such establishment.
    11    2. The provisions of this section shall not apply if:
    12    (a)  no televisions in the public area of the place of public accommo-
    13  dation, resort or amusement are capable of providing closed  captioning;
    14  or
    15    (b)  in the event that two televisions in the public area of the place
    16  of public accommodation, resort or amusement    have  the  same  channel
    17  being  broadcast,  only  one of the televisions shall be subject to this
    18  section.
    19    3. As used in this section:
    20    (a) "closed captioning" shall mean a feature on a television that when
    21  activated will visually display a transcription of the audio portion  of
    22  video programming; and
    23    (b) "public area" shall mean the section of a place of public accommo-
    24  dation, resort or amusement that is open to the general public.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01560-01-9
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