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in committee · New York · Senate Feb 3, 2026

S 3920: Relates to the protection of personal privacy

S 3920 proposes adding a constitutional amendment to guarantee that "the inherent right of each person to personal privacy shall not be infringed." This would directly affect all natural persons (individuals) in the state by enshrining privacy as a fundamental constitutional right. The bill does not specify new laws or enforcement mechanisms but would require future legislation to implement protections. As a procedural constitutional amendment, it currently awaits review by the Judiciary committee and the Attorney General's opinion.

Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill explicitly guarantees personal privacy as a constitutional right, directly protecting data privacy under technology policy.95% confidence

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 5692: Enacts the "wireless broadband eligible facility permitting act" to provide for uniform regulation of certain wireless facilities

This bill, S 5692, streamlines approval for minor upgrades to existing wireless infrastructure. It exempts wireless companies from needing municipal zoning permits when making small modifications to current towers or base stations - such as adding small antennas, removing equipment, or replacing existing gear - without changing the structure's size. Municipalities must process these requests under a uniform state procedure within 60 days, eliminating local review delays for these specific changes. The bill does not affect new construction or modifications that substantially alter a facility's height or size, preserving local control over those aspects.

Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyStreamlines wireless infrastructure upgrades, removing municipal barriers to faster broadband deployment, directly expanding internet access as a core technology policy.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Broadband Access Telecommunications

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 4739: Requires certain state employees to undergo annual cyber security training

Requires state employees who use a computer to complete at least twenty-five percent of such employees' required duties to undergo annual cyber security training.

Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill mandates annual cybersecurity training for state employees using computers, directly enhancing cybersecurity measures per topic indicators.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Cybersecurity

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 219: Relates to the furnishing of registration information by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles

This bill requires New York's DMV to notify vehicle owners when their registration details are shared with third-party companies (like insurers or data brokers). It gives owners the right to request removal of their personal information from these companies' files, with specific exceptions for safety recalls, government use, fraud prevention, and insurance claims. The law applies to new contracts after its effective date and aims to increase control over how vehicle registration data is used. Vehicle owners directly affected by this change will receive notifications and have a formal process to delete their data from participating companies' records.

Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRequires DMV to notify vehicle owners about third-party data sharing and allows removal requests, enhancing personal data privacy protections.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Consumer Data Protection Data Privacy

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 3924: Relates to privacy rights involving digitization

Relates to privacy rights involving digitization; provides that such right of privacy and action for injunction and damages shall include a portrait, picture, likeness or voice created or altered by digitization.

Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill explicitly expands privacy protections to include digitized portraits, likenesses, and voices, strengthening data privacy safeguards in digital contexts.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Consumer Data Protection

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 3087: Relates to establishing the online consumer protection act

Relates to establishing the online consumer protection act; defines terms; provides that an advertising network shall post clear and conspicuous notice on the home page of its own website about its privacy policy and its data collection and use practices related to its advertising delivery activities; makes related provisions.

Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRequires advertising networks to disclose data collection practices, enhancing consumer privacy transparency per Online Consumer Protection Act.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Consumer Data Protection Data Privacy Tags Consumer Protection

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 7845: Establishes broadband opportunity areas

Provides for real property tax exemptions for last mile broadband infrastructure constructed, altered, installed or improved in an area designated a broadband opportunity area.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesProvides real property tax exemptions for broadband infrastructure, a form of tax relief to incentivize development and expand broadband access.90% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyProvides tax exemptions for broadband infrastructure in designated areas, directly expanding internet access and digital equity.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Property Tax Sales Tax Tax Incentives Broadband Access Telecommunications

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passed · New York · Assembly Jan 12, 2026

A 867: Includes certain use of Bluetooth technology to follow a person in the crime of stalking in the fourth degree

This bill amends New York's stalking law to explicitly include unauthorized Bluetooth tracking as a form of "following" in the crime of stalking in the fourth degree. It directly affects individuals who use Bluetooth technology to secretly track another person's location without permission. The key change adds Bluetooth (along with GPS) to the legal definition of "following," making such unauthorized tracking a punishable offense under existing stalking statutes. Stalking in the fourth degree remains a class B misdemeanor under this updated law.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill explicitly expands stalking law to include unauthorized Bluetooth tracking, strengthening victim protection and modernizing criminal law to address new technology, aligning with reform goals.95% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill criminalizes unauthorized Bluetooth tracking as stalking, directly protecting data privacy by preventing secret location monitoring without consent.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Domestic Violence

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 8, 2025

S 1034: Relates to the establishment of a single computerized state DNA identification index and requires municipalities to expunge any DNA record stored in a municipal DNA identification index

Relates to the establishment of a single computerized state DNA identification index; requires municipalities to expunge any DNA record stored in a municipal DNA identification index.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeExpunges erroneous DNA records, reducing wrongful convictions and protecting civil rights in criminal justice systems.85% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill mandates expunging DNA records from municipal databases, enhancing data privacy protections in state DNA indexing systems.85% confidence

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in committee · New York · Assembly Feb 12, 2025

A 433: Relates to the disclosure of automated employment decision-making tools and maintaining an artificial intelligence inventory

Relates to the disclosure of automated employment decision-making tools; requires the office of information technology services to maintain an artificial intelligence inventory; provides that the use of artificial intelligence systems shall not affect the existing rights of employees pursuant to an existing collective bargaining agreement, or the existing representational relationships among employee organizations or the bargaining relationships between the employer and an employee organization.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill explicitly prohibits AI systems from affecting existing collective bargaining rights and requires disclosure of automated hiring tools, protecting workers' current representational relationships and rights.95% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRequires disclosure of AI employment tools and mandates AI inventory, protecting employee rights under collective bargaining - aligns with data privacy and regulatory safeguards for digital rights.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Collective Bargaining Artificial Intelligence

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