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A05306 Summary:
BILL NO | A05306 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S04012 |
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SPONSOR | Gunther (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Ortiz, Zebrowski, Wallace, Williams, Glick, Galef, D'Urso, Blake, Santabarbara, Montesano, Abinanti, Gottfried, Buttenschon, Otis |
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MLTSPNSR | Englebright, Miller ML, Simon |
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Add Art 32-A §676, Gen Bus L | |
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Relates to the use of voice recognition features on certain products. |
A05306 Actions:
BILL NO | A05306 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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02/08/2019 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/30/2019 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/21/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2019 | advanced to third reading cal.416 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.201 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES |
A05306 Committee Votes:
DenDekker | Aye | Mikulin | Aye | ||||||
Abbate | Aye | McDonough | Aye | ||||||
Quart | Aye | Miller | Aye | ||||||
Buchwald | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Niou | Aye | ||||||||
Pheffer Amato | Aye | ||||||||
Williams | Aye | ||||||||
Fall | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Absent | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Nay | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
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A05306 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
ER
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
ER
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
ER
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
ER
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
ER
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
No
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
ER
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
ER
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
No
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A05306 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5306 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, ORTIZ, ZEBROWSKI, WALLACE, WILLIAMS, GLICK, GALEF, D'URSO, BLAKE, SANTABARBARA, MONTESANO -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, FRIEND, M. L. MILLER, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the use of voice recognition features The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2 32-A to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 32-A 4 VOICE RECOGNITION FEATURES 5 Section 676. Use of voice recognition features in products. 6 § 676. Use of voice recognition features in products. 1. For purposes 7 of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 8 (a) "Connected device" shall mean a television, video game console as 9 defined in section three hundred ninety-six-kk of this chapter, computer 10 as defined in section three hundred ninety-two-a of this chapter, 11 computer accessory as defined in section three hundred ninety-two-a of 12 this chapter, internet-capable device as defined in section five hundred 13 thirty-eight-b of this chapter, or a toy as defined in paragraph (d) of 14 this subdivision. 15 (b) "User" means a person who originally purchases, leases, or takes 16 ownership of a connected device. A person who is incidentally recorded 17 when a voice recognition feature is activated by a user shall not be 18 deemed to be a user. 19 (c) "Voice recognition feature" means the function of a connected 20 device that allows the collection, recording, storage, analysis, trans- 21 mission, interpretation, or other use of spoken words or other sounds. 22 (d) "Toy" means any product designed or intended by the manufacturer 23 to be used by children or adults for amusement or play. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06436-01-9A. 5306 2 1 2. (a) A person or entity shall not provide the operation of a voice 2 recognition feature within this state without prominently informing, 3 during the initial setup or installation of a connected device, either 4 the user or the person designated by the user to perform the initial 5 setup or installation of the connected device of the functions of the 6 device, that the device may be recording the user, and that the entity 7 that makes the device may be retaining these recordings. 8 (b) Any recordings collected through the operation of a voice recogni- 9 tion feature by the manufacturer of a connected device shall not be sold 10 or used for any advertising purposes. 11 (c) Any recordings collected through the operation of a voice recogni- 12 tion feature by a third party contracting with the manufacturer of a 13 connected device shall not be sold or used for any advertising purposes. 14 (d) The manufacturer of a connected device shall not be liable for 15 functionality provided by third party applications that the user chooses 16 to use or are downloaded and installed by a user. 17 3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize disclosure 18 of any recordings retained by the manufacturer to any individual or 19 entity, including a law enforcement agency, or any officer, employee, or 20 agent of such agency, unless otherwise authorized by law or pursuant to 21 a judicial order. 22 4. (a) Whenever the attorney general shall believe from evidence 23 satisfactory to him or her that there is a violation of this section, he 24 or she may bring an action in the name and on behalf of the people of 25 the state of New York, in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin 26 and restrain the continuation of such violation. In such action, prelim- 27 inary relief may be granted under article sixty-three of the civil prac- 28 tice law and rules. In such action, the court may award damages for 29 actual costs or losses incurred by the consumer. Whenever the court 30 shall determine in such action that a person or business violated this 31 section, the court may impose a civil penalty of two thousand five 32 hundred dollars per violation. 33 (b) The remedies provided by this subdivision shall be in addition to 34 any other lawful remedy available. 35 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 36 it shall have become a law.