Assembly Bill A2313

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the "EMAIL privacy act (electronic messaging and individual location)"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A2313 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd CP L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7919
2015-2016: A793
2017-2018: A654
2021-2022: A3527

2019-A2313 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to search warrants for electronic communication services, remote computing services and electronic location information; allows law enforcement to execute search warrants for electronic data held inside and outside New York state.

2019-A2313 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2313
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ,  BLAKE,  PEOPLES-STOKES, VANEL --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to establishing
   the EMAIL privacy act (electronic messaging and individual location)

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "EMAIL
 privacy act (electronic messaging and individual location)".
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 690.15 of the  criminal
 procedure  law  is  amended  and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as
 follows:
   (c)  A designated or described person[.];
   (D) DESIGNATED OR DESCRIBED ELECTRONIC  CUSTOMER  DATA  OR  ELECTRONIC
 LOCATION  INFORMATION HELD IN ELECTRONIC STORAGE, INCLUDING THE CONTENTS
 OF AND RECORDS AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO A WIRE COMMUNICATION  OR
 ELECTRONIC  COMMUNICATION  HELD  IN ELECTRONIC STORAGE.  FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH, "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION" HAS THE MEANING  ASSIGNED  BY
 SECTION  250.00  OF  THE PENAL LAW, "ELECTRONIC STORAGE", "WIRE COMMUNI-
 CATION", "ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA" AND  "ELECTRONIC  LOCATION  INFORMA-
 TION" HAVE THE MEANING ASSIGNED BY SECTION 690.05 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 690.05 of the criminal procedure law, as
 amended  by  chapter  504  of the laws of 1991, the opening paragraph as
 amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 1998, is amended and a new  subdi-
 vision 3 is added to read as follows:
   2.  A  search  warrant is a court order and process directing a police
 officer to conduct:
   (a) a search of designated premises, or of a designated vehicle, or of
 a designated person, for the purpose of seizing designated  property  or
 kinds  of property, and to deliver any property so obtained to the court
 which issued the warrant; or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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