---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits telemarketers from knowingly placing unsolicited telemarketing sales calls during a state of emergency or disaster emergency"
description: "Prohibits telemarketers from knowingly placing unsolicited telemarketing sales calls during a state of emergency or disaster emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 117"
citation: "New York A 117 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BUCHWALD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ec1196-8297-4851-82c7-e9d8aea2fbba"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A117"
source_hash: "96746ed8b72fa3a2af0c4e9c932df83ccf51ce6ee8edf402986579887d147744"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 117 (2019-2020) — Prohibits telemarketers from knowingly placing unsolicited telemarketing sales calls during a state of emergency or disaster emergency

Prohibits telemarketers from knowingly placing unsolicited telemarketing sales calls during a state of emergency or disaster emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A117&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A117A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A117A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BUCHWALD — primary (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** PRINT NUMBER 117A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.438
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.438
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4020A
- **2019-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.549
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.680 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41ec1196-8297-4851-82c7-e9d8aea2fbba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).