New York State Assembly

 
•  Summary 
 
•  Actions 
 
•  Committee Votes 
 
•  Floor Votes 
 
•  Memo 
 
•  Text 
 
•  LFIN 
 
•  Chamber Video/Transcript 

A00563 Summary:

A00563 Actions:

A00563 Committee Votes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION   Chair:Rozic      
DATE:04/28/2025AYE/NAY:13/1  Action: Favorable         
Rozic
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Fall
Aye
Miller
Aye
Gallagher
Aye
Blumencranz
Nay
Rajkumar
Aye
Durso
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Bologna
Aye
Bores
Aye
Lee
Aye
Alvarez
Excused
Cunningham
Aye
Torres
Excused
Carroll
Aye

A00563 Floor Votes:

A00563 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         563--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --  committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law and the general business law, in
          relation to requiring policies for the use of automatic license  plate
          reader systems
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraphs 15 and 16 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  3
     2  of  section  94-a  of  the executive law, subparagraph 15 as amended and
     3  subparagraph 16 as added by chapter 374 of the laws of 2022, are amended
     4  and a new subparagraph 17 is added to read as follows:
     5    (15) create an internet website or webpage pursuant to  section  three
     6  hundred  ninety-c  of the general business law, as added by chapter five
     7  hundred nine of the laws of two thousand seven; [and]
     8    (16) exercise such powers and duties granted to the secretary by arti-
     9  cle sixteen of the energy law as the secretary  may  direct,  including,
    10  but  not  limited  to: consult with such president of the New York state
    11  energy research and development authority in  connection  with  investi-
    12  gations  conducted  by such president pursuant to article sixteen of the
    13  energy law; make determinations relating to compliance by products  with
    14  the  standards  adopted  pursuant  to article sixteen of the energy law;
    15  order the immediate cessation of any distribution,  sale  or  offer  for
    16  sale,  import,  or  installation  of any product that does not meet such
    17  standards; and impose civil penalties as contemplated by article sixteen
    18  of the energy law[.]; and
    19    (17) (i) Develop, maintain  and disseminate a minimum standards policy
    20  governing the use of automatic license plate reader systems  by  non-law
    21  enforcement entities and non-government entities.  The minimum standards

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02135-02-5
        A. 563--A                           2
 
     1  policy  shall  include, but not be limited to, provisions on permissible
     2  uses of the automatic license plate reader technology, data sharing  and
     3  dissemination,  prohibited  uses,  record  retention and management, and
     4  training.  For purposes of this section, "automatic license plate reader
     5  system" shall mean a system of one or more mobile  or  fixed  high-speed
     6  cameras used  in combination with computer algorithms to  convert images
     7  of  license  plates into computer-readable data. The department of state
     8  shall post such policy on its website, in a location accessible  to  the
     9  public  and all non-law enforcement entities and non-government entities
    10  using automatic license plate readers in the state.
    11    (ii) Recommend to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate
    12  and  the  speaker of the assembly, rules and regulations with respect to
    13  the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of  a  training
    14  program  for  all current and new employees of non-law enforcement enti-
    15  ties and non-government entities regarding the policies  and  procedures
    16  established  pursuant to this  paragraph, along with recommendations for
    17  periodic retraining of such employees.
    18    § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  399-
    19  zzzzzz to read as follows:
    20    § 399-zzzzzz. Disclosure of the minimum standards policy for automatic
    21  license plate readers by non-law enforcement entities and non-government
    22  entities.   All non-law enforcement agencies and non-government entities
    23  using automatic license plate reader systems  shall  conspicuously  post
    24  the  minimum  standards    for the use of automatic license plate reader
    25  systems policy, promulgated pursuant to subparagraph seventeen of  para-
    26  graph (a) of subdivision three of section ninety-four-a of the executive
    27  law,  on  its  website, or if such non-law enforcement entity or non-go-
    28  vernment entity does not maintain a  website,   in   its   main  office.
    29  Such  policy  shall  be  made  available to the public upon request. For
    30  purposes of this section, "automatic license plate reader system"  shall
    31  mean a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used  in
    32  combination    with computer algorithms   to  convert  images of license
    33  plates into computer-readable  data.    If  an  entity  using  automatic
    34  license  plate  reader systems is both a non-law enforcement and non-go-
    35  vernment entity such entity shall only need to complete the requirements
    36  of this section once.
    37    § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    38  law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
    39  rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
    40  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
    41  effective date.