S 8217 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires certain covered platforms to provide a process for law enforcement agencies to contact such platform, and to comply with search warrants within seventy-two hours

Summary

Requires an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users to ensure that its covered platform provides a process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact such covered platform, which shall provide continuous availability of such process; provides that an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users shall comply with a search warrant within seventy-two hours of receipt under certain circumstances; provides that a court may extend the time for compliance with a search warrant under certain circumstances.

Issues: ✗ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced May 21, 2025 Last action Jun 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

S8217A → S8217B · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to streamline the requirements for covered platforms to respond to law enforcement search warrants. The most significant change is the removal of a mandatory 24-hour hotline requirement, replacing it with a general mandate for continuous availability of a contact process. Additionally, a new enforcement mechanism was added, empowering the Attorney General to seek civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation.

Scope change

The scope of the contact requirement was narrowed by removing the specific obligation to maintain a staffed hotline, while the enforcement scope was expanded to include financial penalties for non-compliance.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the specific requirement for platforms to maintain a staffed 24-hour hotline for law enforcement inquiries.

Modified the contact requirement to simply mandate continuous availability of a process for law enforcement agencies, without specifying the hotline format.

ENFORCEMENT

Added authority for the Attorney General to bring civil actions seeking penalties of up to $5,000 per violation for non-compliance.

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 4, 2026

Committee

COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

Jan 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8217B

upper

Jan 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

upper

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8217A

upper

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

upper

May 21, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors