Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 28, 2021 |
signed chap.2 |
Jan 27, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jan 25, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.46 substituted for s893 |
Jan 12, 2021 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.2 rules report cal.2 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A954
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALLACE
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
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to the use of biom- etric identifying technology, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5140-B and A. 6787-D, is REPEALED.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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