---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring the display of a notice of responsibilities to protect underground facilities"
description: "Provides any entity which leases excavation equipment to the public with the telephone number of the system and a sample or model notice informing lessees of excavation equipment of the system and their responsibilities relating to the protection of underground facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6768"
citation: "New York A 6768 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Braunstein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-11-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aae6cdf-da9e-4cd1-bc64-6b79243db4c5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6768"
source_hash: "67965f25cfc499d09dc4cafa2e03194442de8ca93ecb9ef69383448cdba28757"
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 6768 (2025-2026) — Relates to requiring the display of a notice of responsibilities to protect underground facilities

Provides any entity which leases excavation equipment to the public with the telephone number of the system and a sample or model notice informing lessees of excavation equipment of the system and their responsibilities relating to the protection of underground facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6768&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Braunstein — primary (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** REPORTED
- **2025-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.80
- **2025-04-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5509
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1098
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-12** SIGNED CHAP.495 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aae6cdf-da9e-4cd1-bc64-6b79243db4c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).