---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers"
description: "Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers; permits the commission of public service to designate any commercial mobile radio service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing lifeline service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5782"
citation: "New York S 5782 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f87e3b-09a3-4721-aeb3-c46fd3a7b697"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5782"
source_hash: "9ec1c3e5d2c93da84a3c5a4c753853e88f2486ef1fae86beb856dc94cd4b6b53"
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 5782 (2019-2020) — Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers

Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers; permits the commission of public service to designate any commercial mobile radio service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing lifeline service.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5782&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5782A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5782A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.888
- **2019-05-29** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5782A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7811A
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.517
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** APPROVAL MEMO.31
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.606 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15f87e3b-09a3-4721-aeb3-c46fd3a7b697`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).