| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2022 |
referred to internet and technology |
Senate Bill S8301
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology Committee
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2021-S8301 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S8301 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8301
SPONSOR: PARKER
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an
individual's identity when such individual creates an e-mail account
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires e-mail service provides to implement a procedure to authenti-
cate an individual's identity when such individual creates an e-mail
address.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 provides the procedures for authentication of an e-mail
account that must be implemented by the e-mail service provider when a
user creates a new e-mail account.
2021-S8301 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8301
I N S E N A T E
February 10, 2022
___________
Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an
individual's identity when such individual creates an e-mail account
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
390-d to read as follows:
§ 390-D. IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION FOR E-MAIL ACCOUNTS. 1. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "E-MAIL SERVICE PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN ANY
PERSON, BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION QUALIFIED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE
THAT PROVIDES INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, OR OTHER ENTITIES WITH THE
ABILITY TO SEND E-MAIL MESSAGES.
2. ALL E-MAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE SHALL
DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE TO AUTHENTICATE AN INDIVIDUAL'S IDEN-
TITY WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL CREATES A NEW E-MAIL ACCOUNT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13376-01-1
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