NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7682

Senate Bill S7682

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a commission to evaluate the manipulation of new technologies to commit domestic violence

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2019-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9642
Current Committee:: Senate Internet And Technology
Law Section:: Commissions

2019-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a commission to study how new technologies are being used by individuals, including but not limited to, stalkers and domestic violence perpetrators, to stalk, harass, abuse and continue to victimize their targets.

2019-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7682

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to establish a temporary state commission to evaluate the manipu-
lation of new technologies to commit domestic violence; and providing
for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation establishes a temporary commission for the purpose of
studying how new technologies are being used in domestic violence and
other similar situations to stalk, harass individuals, or victimize
targets of such conduct. The commission would also prepare and publish a
report of its findings and recommendations

Section 1: Amends the Executive Law to establish a temporary commission,
to be known as the "commission to evaluate the manipulation of new tech-
nologies to commit domestic violence." The commission will study how
individuals use new technologies to harass and victimize their targets.

Section 2: Establishes who will make up the commission and who will
appoint the members.

Section 3: Provides that the commission will conduct but is not limited
to the study of "the threat of new technologies as an extension of
domestic violence." This section also directs the commission to prepare
and publish a report of its findings.

Section 4: Establishes that commission members will not be compensated
for their services, but their actual and necessary expenses to be
incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.

Section 5: Establishes that the commission, while conducting the study,
may conduct any hearings or take any written testimony as it deems
necessary.

Section 6: Sets reporting and recommendations requirements to be submit-
ted to legislative leaders and the Governor by September 1, 2021.

Section 7: Effective date. This act shall take effect immediately and
shall expire December 31, 2021.

It has become increasingly common to read news accounts of incidents
involving domestic violence and stalking where the harasser has used the
manipulation of new digital technologies to harass and abuse their
victim.

New technologies provide individuals with the power to know the where-
abouts and exact location of family members and friends. Other technolo-
gies have allowed an individual to remotely open front doors and garage
doors to homes, activate and deactivate lights and other security tech-
nologies including surveillance cameras. All these technologies and
other evolving technologies have been shown to have flaws that allow
them to be manipulated and altered. In cases of domestic violence,
stalking and other related crimes, the ability to use these technologies
to continue to harass and victimize is very real and needs a concerted
state effort to adopt new laws, rules and regulations to protect New
Yorkers. This legislation creates the groundwork for a working group of
experts to examine this problem and propose solutions on how government
can best and quickly adopt protections to prevent domestic violence and
stalking by the manipulation of new technologies.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed on December 31, 2021.

2019-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7682
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to establish a temporary state commission to evaluate the manipu-
   lation of new technologies to commit domestic violence; and  providing
   for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. There is hereby established a temporary commission,  to  be
 known  as  the "commission to evaluate the manipulation of new technolo-
 gies to commit domestic violence", hereinafter "the commission", for the
 purpose of studying how new technologies are being used by  individuals,
 including  but  not limited to, stalkers and domestic violence perpetra-
 tors, to abuse, harass and victimize their targets.
   § 2. The commission shall consist of nine members to be  appointed  as
 follows:
   (a) five members to be appointed by the governor;
   (b)  one  member  to  be  appointed  by the temporary president of the
 senate;
   (c) one member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (d) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of  the  senate;
 and
   (e) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
   §  3.  (a)  The  commission shall study how new technologies are being
 used by individuals to stalk, harass, abuse and  continue  to  victimize
 their targets by studying issues including but not limited to:
   (i)  what  current  technologies are being used by individuals against
 their targets;
   (ii) how individuals are using such technologies  to  victimize  their
 targets;
   (iii) comparative state policies that have aided in creating a regula-
 tory  structure for such technologies and whether such measures would be
 similarly effective in this state; and
   (iv) the potential impact on the technology industry of any regulatory
 measures proposed by this study.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S                                                          LBD14197-02-0

 S. 7682                             2
 
   (b) The commission shall prepare and publish a report of its  findings
 and  recommendations  on  how  state  law needs to be updated to protect
 possible victims and current victims of stalking and  domestic  violence
 from the threat of such new technologies.
   §  4.  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   § 5. In conducting such study, the commission may conduct any hearings
 or take any written testimony as it deems necessary and may consult with
 any state or local office, agency, or department and request information
 from any such entity that is relevant and material to the completion  of
 this study and report.
   §  6.  The  commission shall submit a report detailing the findings of
 the study to the governor, the speaker of the  assembly,  the  temporary
 president  of  the  senate,  the  minority  leader of the senate and the
 minority leader of the assembly by September 1, 2021.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  December
 31,  2021 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
 repealed.

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Julia Salazar