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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 971: Provides that a business entity may not alter caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass a third party or the recipient of the call

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 971 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides that a business entity may not alter caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass a third party or the recipient of the call. Primary sponsor: Ron Kim (Democratic). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that a business entity may not provide false caller identification information with the intent to defraud or harass any party; provides definition of business entity.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ron KimPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Didi BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Michael BenedettoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
  2. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source