---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits telephone, cable and utility companies from charging a fee to customers who request copies of previous bill statements or statements verifying that they are a customer"
description: "Prohibits telephone, cable and utility companies from charging a fee to customers who request copies of previous bill statements or statements verifying that they are a customer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3427"
citation: "New York A 3427 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-12-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e2bbab4-fc98-41c1-98e0-49d67a5e9482"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3427"
source_hash: "6e02b16c50c7ffc36bba4f450ad4ddfcdf0535d951cde9a7e140fe9f64c5ec30"
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 3427 (2021-2022) — Prohibits telephone, cable and utility companies from charging a fee to customers who request copies of previous bill statements or statements verifying that they are a customer

Prohibits telephone, cable and utility companies from charging a fee to customers who request copies of previous bill statements or statements verifying that they are a customer.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3427&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** REPORTED
- **2021-03-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.180
- **2021-03-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-23** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4194
- **2021-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1177
- **2021-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-01** SIGNED CHAP.636 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e2bbab4-fc98-41c1-98e0-49d67a5e9482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).