NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3187A

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 26, 2022	print number 3187a
Oct 26, 2022	amend (t) and recommit to consumer protection
Jan 05, 2022	referred to consumer protection
Jan 28, 2021	referred to consumer protection

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2021-S3187 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §209-h, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: S2859
2025-2026: S4034

2021-S3187 - Summary

Provides that the owner, lessor, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, steamboat, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house shall attempt to contact a guest if copies of identification documents are left after the guest has departed their stay; permits destruction of such documents if contact cannot be made.

2021-S3187 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3187         REVISED 09/15/2021

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
disposal of copies of identification documents

 
PURPOSE:

To create a requirement that hotels, resorts, and other boarding/lodging
locations dispose of a guest's identification documents within 12 hours
after their stay is completed.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends General Business Law by adding a new section 209-h,
stating that the owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel,
motel, steamboat, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or
lodging house shall dispose of any copies of a guest's identification
document, including but not limited to a driver's license, passport, or

non-driver identification card, within twelve hours of the guest
completing their stay. Disposal of the copies shall include deletion of
any digital copies and the physical destruction of any physical copies
such that it would be infeasible to recreate the copy.

Section 2: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There has been an increase in data breaches that has led to individual's
personal documentation and information being exposed to and stolen by
cybercriminals. While data breaches of this kind are usually uninten-
tional on the business' end, they can cause irreparable damage to the
victim's financial and personal wellbeing.

This legislation will create a requirement that an individual's personal
identification documentation is permanently disposed of, both electron-
ically and physically, within 12 hours of completion of their stay at a
hotel, resort, camp, and other lodging location. This will work towards
minimalizing the size and damage of any future data breaches at these
locations, and protect consumers from having their personal identifica-
tion stolen after their stay.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2021-S3187 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3187
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  requiring  the
   disposal of copies of identification documents
 
   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
 209-h to read as follows:
   § 209-H. DISPOSAL OF COPIES OF IDENTIFICATION  DOCUMENTS.  THE  OWNER,
 LESSEE,  PROPRIETOR  OR  MANAGER OF ANY HOTEL, MOTEL, STEAMBOAT, TOURIST
 CABINS, CAMP, RESORT, TAVERN,  INN,  BOARDING  OR  LODGING  HOUSE  SHALL
 DISPOSE  OF  ANY  COPIES OF A GUEST'S IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DRIVER'S LICENSE, PASSPORT, OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFI-
 CATION CARD, WITHIN TWELVE HOURS OF THE  GUEST  COMPLETING  THEIR  STAY.
 DISPOSAL  OF THE COPIES SHALL INCLUDE DELETION OF ANY DIGITAL COPIES AND
 THE PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF ANY PHYSICAL COPIES SUCH THAT  IT  WOULD  BE
 INFEASIBLE TO RECREATE THE COPY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06531-01-1

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §209-h, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: S2859
2025-2026: S4034

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3187A

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the disposal of
copies of identification documents

 
PURPOSE::

To create a requirement that hotels, resorts, and other boarding/lodging
locations dispose of a guest's identification documents within 24 hours
after their stay is completed.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Section 1: Amends General Business Law by adding a new section 209-h,
stating that the owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel,
motel, steamboat, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or
lodging house shall dispose of any copies of a guest's identification
document, including but not limited to a driver's license, passport, or
non-driver identification card, within twenty-four hours of the guest

completing their stay. Disposal of the copies shall include deletion of
any digital copies and the physical destruction of any physical copies
such that it would be infeasible to recreate the copy. The owner,
lessee, proprietor or manager must attempt to contact the guest at least
two times within twenty-four hours before disposal occurs.

Section 2: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

There has been an increase in data breaches that has led to individual's
personal documentation and information being exposed to and stolen by
cybercriminals. While data breaches of this kind are usually uninten-
tional on the business' end, they can cause irreparable damage to the
victim's financial and personal wellbeing.

This legislation will create a requirement that an individual's personal
identification documentation is permanently disposed of, both electron-
ically and physically, within 24 hours of completion of their stay at a
hotel, resort, camp, and other lodging location. This will work towards
minimalizing the size and damage of any future data breaches at these
locations, and protect consumers from having their personal identifica-
tion stolen after their stay.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3187--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the disposal of
   copies of identification documents
 
   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
 209-h to read as follows:
   §  209-H.  DISPOSAL  OF COPIES OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS. THE OWNER,
 LESSOR, PROPRIETOR OR MANAGER OF ANY HOTEL,  MOTEL,  STEAMBOAT,  TOURIST
 CABINS,  CAMP, RESORT, TAVERN, INN, BOARDING OR LODGING HOUSE SHALL MAKE
 REASONABLE EFFORTS TO CONTACT A GUEST IF ANY COPIES OF A  GUEST'S  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  DOCUMENTS,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DRIVER'S LICENSE,
 PASSPORT, OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD, ARE LEFT BEHIND.  AT  LEAST
 TWO  CONTACT ATTEMPTS MUST BE MADE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE GUEST
 COMPLETING THEIR STAY USING  INFORMATION  USED  TO  BOOK  THE  STAY.  IF
 CONTACT  CANNOT BE MADE, THE OWNER, LESSOR, PROPRIETOR, OR MANAGER SHALL
 DISPOSE OF THE COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS. DISPOSAL  OF  THE  COPIES  SHALL
 INCLUDE  DELETION  OF ANY DIGITAL COPIES AND THE PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF
 ANY PHYSICAL COPIES SUCH THAT IT WOULD BE  INFEASIBLE  TO  RECREATE  THE
 COPY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06531-06-2

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

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2021-S3187 - Details

2021-S3187 - Summary

2021-S3187 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3187 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3187A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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