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AB430 Summary:

BILL NOA00430
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02628
 
SPONSORRosenthal L
 
COSPNSRZebrowski, Gottfried, Cahill, Perry, Weprin, De La Rosa, Cruz, Abinanti, Colton, Simon, Otis, Barron
 
MLTSPNSRGalef
 
Add 52-c, Civ Rts L
 
Requires prior written notice upon hiring to all employees, informing them of the types of electronic monitoring which may occur; provides employers shall also post the notice of electronic monitoring.
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AB430 Actions:

BILL NOA00430
 
01/06/2021referred to labor
05/11/2021reported referred to codes
05/19/2021reported referred to rules
05/24/2021reported
05/24/2021rules report cal.69
05/24/2021ordered to third reading rules cal.69
06/02/2021passed assembly
06/02/2021delivered to senate
06/02/2021REFERRED TO RULES
06/09/2021SUBSTITUTED FOR S2628
06/09/20213RD READING CAL.965
06/09/2021PASSED SENATE
06/09/2021RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
10/27/2021delivered to governor
11/08/2021signed chap.583
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AB430 Committee Votes:

LABOR Chair:Joyner DATE:05/11/2021AYE/NAY:21/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes
JoynerAyeBrabenecNay
AbbateAyeDiPietroNay
PerryAyeByrneNay
ColtonAyeMorinelloNay
BenedettoAyeDeStefanoNay
HevesiAyeSchmittNay
BronsonAyeDursoAye
RodriguezAyeGiglioNay
RozicAye
SimonAye
SteckAye
BarnwellAye
RichardsonAye
RosenthalAbsent
CruzAye
ReyesAye
De La RosaAye
RamosAye
JacobsonAye
BurgosAye
ZinermanAye

CODES Chair:Dinowitz DATE:05/19/2021AYE/NAY:15/6 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules
DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay
PretlowAyeGiglioNay
CookAyeMontesanoNay
CymbrowitzAyeReillyNay
O'DonnellExcusedMikulinNay
LavineAyeTannousisNay
PerryAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
HevesiAye
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye
WalkerAye
VanelAye
CruzAye

RULES Chair:Gottfried DATE:05/24/2021AYE/NAY:21/8 Action: Favorable
HeastieExcusedBarclayNay
GottfriedAyeHawleyNay
NolanExcusedGiglioNay
WeinsteinAyeBlankenbushNay
PretlowAyeNorrisNay
CookAyeMontesanoNay
GlickAyeRaNay
AubryAyeBrabenecNay
EnglebrightAye
DinowitzAye
ColtonAye
MagnarelliAye
PerryAye
PaulinAye
Peoples-StokesAye
BenedettoAye
LavineAye
LupardoAye
ZebrowskiAye
ThieleAye
BraunsteinAye
DickensAye
DavilaAye

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AB430 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/02/2021Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 98/50
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
No
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
No
Lawler
Yes
Perry
No
Simpson
No
Angelino
Yes
Cook
No
Gallahan
No
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
No
Smith
No
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
No
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
No
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
No
Ra
No
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
No
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
No
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
No
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
No
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
No
McDonough
No
Reilly
No
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
No
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
No
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
No
Durso
Yes
Hunter
No
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
No
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
No
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
No
Salka
Yes
Weprin
No
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
No
Jensen
ER
Nolan
No
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
No
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
No
Jones
No
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
No
Woerner
No
Byrnes
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
No
O'Donnell
No
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Kim
No
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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AB430 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A430
 
SPONSOR: Rosenthal L
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to electronic monitor- ing   PURPOSE: This bill requires private employers who engage in monitoring or inter- cepting electronic communications of any employee by any electronic device or system to provide notice of such monitoring.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends the civil rights law by adding a new section 52-c. Subdivision 1 defines for the purposes of the section the term employer, which shall not include the state or any political subdivision of the state. Subdivision 2 requires private employers engaging in electronic monitor- ing, which includes monitoring or otherwise intercepting telephone conversations or transmissions, electronic mail or transmission, or internet usage of or by the employee, by any electronic device or system, to give prior notice to employees in writing, in an electronic record, or in another electronic form. The notice must be acknowledged by the employee either in writing or electronically. Employers are also required to post the notice in a conspicuous place which is readily accessible to employees. The notice shall contain the form of communi- cation and/or computer usage that will be monitored, means by which monitoring will be accomplished, frequency of monitoring, and manner in which the information will be collected, stored, and used. Subdivision 3 allows courts to award damages and reasonable attorneys, fees to a prevailing plaintiff as well as afford injunctive relief against any employer that commits or proposes to commit a violation of this section. Subdivision 4 authorizes the attorney general to enforce the provisions of the section. Any employer in violation of this section shall be subject to a maximum civil penalty of five hundred dollars for the first offense, one thousand dollars for the second offense and three thousand dollars for the third and each subsequent offense. Subdivision 5: This section does not apply to processes undertaken by employers to manage the type or volume of incoming or outgoing electronic mail or telephone voice mail or Internet usage for the purpose of computer system mainte- nance and/or protection. Section two sets forth the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Notifying employees of computer monitoring protects employee privacy by making sure that they understand the consequences of inappropriate internet activity. According to the American Management Agency's 2007 Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance Survey, bosses who fired employ- ees for Internet misuse cited the two main reasons as violation of company policy and excessive personal use. By making guidelines of appropriate and inappropriate Internet use public, employees will be less likely to undermine company standards. Companies will retain the right to monitor computer usage, simply with the stipulation that employees are informed of surveillance practices. This knowledge will increase transparency within the organization and help to avoid lawsuits and litigation regarding invasion of privacy. Notification of computer surveillance will permit employees to make informed decisions about their internet use with full knowledge of the ramifications of their actions, while supporting companies' ability to monitor internet activ- ity within their organization.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2019-20: A.1920-A -Advanced to Third Reading Calendar; S.4586-A -Referred to Codes 2017-18: A.5112-A - Advanced to Third Reading Calendar 2015-16: A.995 - Advanced to Third Reading Calendar; S.7875 - Referred to Investigations and Government Operations 2013-14: A.1180-A -Advanced to Third Reading Calendar; S.4676 - Referred to Codes 2011-12: A.1485-A - Ordered to Third Reading Calendar; S.5364 - Referred to Codes 2009-10: A3871-B - Passed Assembly; S.4755-A - Ordered to Third Reading Calendar 2007-08: A.11105 - Reported to Rules; S.8178 - Referred to Labor   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the State.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become law.
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AB430 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           430
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL,  ZEBROWSKI, GOTTFRIED, CAHILL,
          PERRY, WEPRIN, DE LA ROSA, CRUZ, ABINANTI, COLTON  --  Multi-Sponsored
          by  --  M. of A.   GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to electronic monitor-
          ing
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
     2  52-c to read as follows:
     3    § 52-c. Employers  engaged  in  electronic  monitoring;  prior  notice
     4  required.  1.  For purposes of this section, employer means any individ-
     5  ual, corporation, partnership, firm, or  association  with  a  place  of
     6  business  in  the state. It shall not include the state or any political
     7  subdivision of the state.
     8    2. (a) Any employer who monitors  or  otherwise  intercepts  telephone
     9  conversations  or  transmissions,  electronic  mail or transmissions, or
    10  internet access or usage of or by an employee by any  electronic  device
    11  or  system,  including  but  not limited to the use of a computer, tele-
    12  phone, wire, radio, or electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photo-optical
    13  systems, shall give prior written notice upon hiring  to  all  employees
    14  who  are  subject  to electronic monitoring. The notice required by this
    15  subdivision shall be in writing, in an electronic record, or in  another
    16  electronic  form  and  acknowledged by the employee either in writing or
    17  electronically. Each employer shall also post the notice  of  electronic
    18  monitoring in a conspicuous place which is readily available for viewing
    19  by its employees who are subject to electronic monitoring.
    20    (b)  For  purposes of written notice required by paragraph (a) of this
    21  subdivision, an employee shall be advised that  any  and  all  telephone
    22  conversations  or  transmissions,  electronic  mail or transmissions, or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00537-01-1

        A. 430                              2
 
     1  internet access or usage by an employee  by  any  electronic  device  or
     2  system,  including  but not limited to the use of a computer, telephone,
     3  wire, radio or electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photo-optical systems
     4  may  be  subject  to  monitoring  at any and all times and by any lawful
     5  means.
     6    3. The attorney general may enforce the provisions  of  this  section.
     7  Any  employer  found to be in violation of this section shall be subject
     8  to a maximum civil  penalty  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  first
     9  offense,  one thousand dollars for the second offense and three thousand
    10  dollars for the third and each subsequent offense.
    11    4. The provisions of this section shall not apply  to  processes  that
    12  are  designed to manage the type or volume of incoming or outgoing elec-
    13  tronic mail or telephone voice mail or  internet  usage,  that  are  not
    14  targeted  to monitor or intercept the electronic mail or telephone voice
    15  mail or  internet  usage  of  a  particular  individual,  and  that  are
    16  performed  solely  for the purpose of computer system maintenance and/or
    17  protection.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law.
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