STATE OF NEW YORK
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8600
IN SENATE
June 18, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to prohibiting
certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on state issued
devices
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "No TikTok
2 on Government Devices Act".
3 § 2. Section 103 of the state technology law is amended by adding a
4 new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
5 22. (a) To ensure no employee or public officer of the state or any
6 political subdivision thereof downloads or uses the application TikTok
7 or any successor application developed by ByteDance or any entity owned
8 by ByteDance on any device issued by the state or any political subdivi-
9 sion thereof.
10 (b) Paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not apply to any investi-
11 gation, cybersecurity research activity, enforcement action, discipli-
12 nary action, or intelligence activity.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16565-01-0
