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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2243: Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the installation of broadband conduits and provides for access to such conduits

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

S 2243 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the installation of broadband conduits and provides for access to such conduits. Primary sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeremy CooneyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“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 TRANSPORTATION
  2. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Sources

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