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Senate Bill S1081

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to analyzing and reporting on the vulnerability of electronically stored voter and election information

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2017-S1081 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §711-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S8188

2017-S1081 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to analyzing and reporting on the vulnerability of electronically stored voter and election information, including but not limited to an examination of the vulnerability of registration records and voting machines, and to electronic hacking and cyber-attacks from both foreign and domestic sources.

2017-S1081 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1081 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1081
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to analyzing and  report-
   ing  on  the vulnerability of electronically stored voter and election
   information

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 711-c
 to read as follows:
   § 711-C. ANALYSIS AND REPORT ON THE  VULNERABILITY  OF  ELECTRONICALLY
 STORED  VOTER AND ELECTION INFORMATION. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SHALL CONDUCT A  VULNERABILITY  ANALYSIS
 AND  REPORT,  REGARDING THE VULNERABILITY OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED VOTER
 AND ELECTION RELATED INFORMATION HELD  BY  EITHER  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  AND/OR COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION. SUCH VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO AN EXAMINATION OF THE  VULNERABILITY
 OF  REGISTRATION  RECORDS AND VOTING MACHINES, TO ELECTRONIC HACKING AND
 CYBER-ATTACKS FROM BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SOURCES.
   2. SUCH VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS AND REPORT SHALL  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS
 REGARDING  SECURING  SUCH  INFORMATION  AND PREVENTING THE CORRUPTION OF
 VOTER AND ELECTION RELATED INFORMATION BY HACKING OR  CYBER-ATTACK.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  REPORT  SUCH  FINDINGS  BIANNUALLY TO THE GOVERNOR,
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, SPEAK-
 ER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY.  THE  FIRST
 REPORT  SHALL  BE  MADE  WITHIN  ONE  YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION.
   3. ALL REPORTS AND OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED  TO  BE  REPORTED  UNDER
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE
 PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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