Assembly Bill A954

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of biometric identifying technology; repealer

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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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2021-A954 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S893
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2-e, Ed L (as proposed in S.5140-B & A.6787-D); add §106-b, St Tech L

2021-A954 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the director of the office of information technology services to conduct a study on the use of biometric identifying technology; prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools until July 1, 2022 or until the commissioner of education authorizes such purchase or utilization, whichever occurs later.

2021-A954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    954
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in  relation  to  the  use  of
   biometric  identifying technology; and to repeal certain provisions of
   the education law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2-e of the education law, as added by a chapter of
 the laws of 2020 amending the education law relating to the use of biom-
 etric identifying technology, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers
 S. 5140-B and A. 6787-D, is REPEALED.
   § 2. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section 106-b
 to read as follows:
   §  106-B.  USE  OF  BIOMETRIC IDENTIFYING TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS. 1. AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION:
   A. "BIOMETRIC IDENTIFYING TECHNOLOGY" SHALL MEAN  ANY  TOOL  USING  AN
 AUTOMATED OR SEMI-AUTOMATED PROCESS THAT ASSISTS IN VERIFYING A PERSON'S
 IDENTITY BASED ON A PERSON'S BIOMETRIC INFORMATION.
   B. "BIOMETRIC INFORMATION" SHALL MEAN ANY MEASURABLE PHYSICAL, PHYSIO-
 LOGICAL OR BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO A PERSON,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS, FINGERPRINT CHARAC-
 TERISTICS,  HAND  CHARACTERISTICS, EYE CHARACTERISTICS, VOCAL CHARACTER-
 ISTICS, AND ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT CAN BE  USED  TO  IDENTIFY  A
 PERSON  INCLUDING,  BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED TO: FINGERPRINTS; HANDPRINTS;
 RETINA AND IRIS PATTERNS; DNA SEQUENCE; VOICE; GAIT;  AND  FACIAL  GEOM-
 ETRY.
   C.  "FACIAL  RECOGNITION"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY TOOL USING AN AUTOMATED OR
 SEMI-AUTOMATED PROCESS THAT ASSISTS IN UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING OR VERIFYING
 A PERSON BY COMPARING AND ANALYZING PATTERNS BASED ON THE PERSON'S FACE.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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