---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides a period of probable usefulness for broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure"
description: "Provides a 10 year period of probable usefulness for broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 289"
citation: "New York S 289 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel May"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c6e2210-f30a-4dd8-b8c1-5d84dea44353"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S289"
source_hash: "fc61e3f0f858741141d206e45debd0ad90f2ba3f6347742cb00913ad9e56b5a4"
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 289 (2023-2024) — Provides a period of probable usefulness for broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure

Provides a 10 year period of probable usefulness for broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure.

## Version chain

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

1. **S289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S289&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower
- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rachel May — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.669
- **2023-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1260
- **2023-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.137
- **2023-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-29** SIGNED CHAP.512 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c6e2210-f30a-4dd8-b8c1-5d84dea44353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).