---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to direct dialing to public service answering points"
description: "Requires that public buildings with multi-line telephone systems configure their system hardware in order to allow any call placed to 911, to be directly connected to a public service answering point."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4756"
citation: "New York S 4756 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/257e3e48-bba5-430c-920a-a236a6368bb5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4756"
source_hash: "c493560e51b7b090a4cf1c78b8f1d7c96cfe0b2cd2ea7e255b88f1b7ff514e32"
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 4756 (2019-2020) — Relates to direct dialing to public service answering points

Requires that public buildings with multi-line telephone systems configure their system hardware in order to allow any call placed to 911, to be directly connected to a public service answering point.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4756** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4756&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-22** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.473
- **2019-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A458
- **2019-05-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.217
- **2019-05-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.727 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.74

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/257e3e48-bba5-430c-920a-a236a6368bb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).