---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring certain notices to be provided to customers receiving telephone service through fiber optic-based telephone lines"
description: "Requires certain notices to be provided to customers at least forty-five days before such telephone corporation intends to change such customer's telephone service from copper-based telephone lines to fiber optic-based telephone lines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 563"
citation: "New York A 563 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9438a3b2-f0e3-4d0c-8b3d-e7c6e8e8cf95"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A563"
source_hash: "c78b5ec70560d94279202a8bc48c85aa4fc038923581ddb2843277aa9c7235da"
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 563 (2021-2022) — Relates to requiring certain notices to be provided to customers receiving telephone service through fiber optic-based telephone lines

Requires certain notices to be provided to customers at least forty-five days before such telephone corporation intends to change such customer's telephone service from copper-based telephone lines to fiber optic-based telephone lines.

## Version chain

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

1. **A563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A563&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A563A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A563A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **110–30** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **49–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- REILLY — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** REPORTED
- **2021-01-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.63
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.37
- **2022-01-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 563A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-10** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3479A
- **2022-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.1498
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.503 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9438a3b2-f0e3-4d0c-8b3d-e7c6e8e8cf95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).