---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facilitates access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services"
description: "Facilitates access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services; permits telephone corporations to replace or supplement a telephone line or portion of a line with fiber optic facilities for purposes of providing any telephone, broadband, cable or other video service that the telephone corporation or its affiliate may lawfully provide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7214"
citation: "New York A 7214 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DE LA ROSA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d67d1d72-54c6-4e26-b590-b34316176dfa"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7214"
source_hash: "d3d8edaeaf89c9d5f9d9082a6efac2309dd3a4dc77da88257ea8f6920e83f5ef"
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 7214 (2021-2022) — Facilitates access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services

Facilitates access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services; permits telephone corporations to replace or supplement a telephone line or portion of a line with fiber optic facilities for purposes of providing any telephone, broadband, cable or other video service that the telephone corporation or its affiliate may lawfully provide.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7214&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7214A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7214A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DE LA ROSA — primary (person)
- BURKE — cosponsor (person)
- GANDOLFO — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- TANNOUSIS — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7214A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED
- **2021-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.466
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.466
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5868A
- **2021-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1552
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.748 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.111

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d67d1d72-54c6-4e26-b590-b34316176dfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).