Senate Bill S2121

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information with an agency

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee


  • 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-S2121 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3349
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-jj, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1819
2011-2012: A980, A9111
2013-2014: S7575, A6112
2015-2016: S307, A3580
2017-2018: S2141, A3349
2021-2022: S3173, A5547
2023-2024: S4500

2019-S2121 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits persons or business entities from filing unnecessary personal identifying information with an agency; provides for enforcement by the attorney general.

2019-S2121 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2121 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2121
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to personal infor-
   mation restrictions for public records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-jj to read as follows:
   § 399-JJ. PERSONAL INFORMATION RESTRICTIONS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS.  1. NO
 PERSON  OR  BUSINESS  ENTITY  SHALL  INTENTIONALLY  CREATE AN INSTRUMENT
 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION THAT IS TO BE FILED WITH OR SUBMITTED TO
 AN AGENCY CONTAINING  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  OF  ANY  OTHER
 PERSON,  UNLESS  SUCH OTHER PERSON IS A DEPENDENT CHILD OR HAS CONSENTED
 TO THE INCLUSION OF SUCH PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, WHICH IS NOT:
   (A) RELEVANT AND NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSE OF THE FILING; OR
   (B) REQUIRED BY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, OR BY
 COURT RULE.
   FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE PRINTING OR OTHER REPRODUCTION OF
 A DOCUMENT RECEIVED BY ELECTRONIC OR ANY OTHER MEANS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
 CREATION OF THE DOCUMENT.
   2. ANY AGENCY THAT RECEIVES INSTRUMENTS FOR FILING  SHALL  POST  IN  A
 PLACE OR PLACES, CLEARLY VISIBLE TO ALL PERSONS, ADJACENT TO OR NEAR THE
 LOCATION WHERE SUCH AGENCY HAS DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF INSTRUMENTS
 FOR FILING, A NOTICE DESCRIBING THE PROHIBITION CONTAINED IN SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINE-
 TY-NINE-DDD OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
   (A) "AGENCY" MEANS ANY STATE OR MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT,  BOARD,  BUREAU,
 DIVISION,  COMMISSION,  COMMITTEE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PUBLIC CORPORATION,
 COUNCIL, OFFICE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY PERFORMING  A  GOVERNMENTAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05843-01-9
              

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