---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the expiration of minutes purchased with prepaid cellular telephone cards"
description: "Requires that prepaid cellular telephone cards have the expiration date of the minutes purchased printed on the card in conspicuous print."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2861"
citation: "New York S 2861 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7f56bc-d96c-41a6-91ff-61b90dfda911"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2861"
source_hash: "ca184a2d455309f4faf49f4ccb9ad38759c5bcc48cbf6eb010daaeea3f65428d"
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 S 2861 (2019-2020) — Relates to the expiration of minutes purchased with prepaid cellular telephone cards

Requires that prepaid cellular telephone cards have the expiration date of the minutes purchased printed on the card in conspicuous print.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2861** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2861&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **50–11** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **48–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.527
- **2019-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-07** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.326
- **2020-02-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-02-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-02-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-02-25** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3327
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.401
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.334 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b7f56bc-d96c-41a6-91ff-61b90dfda911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).