Assembly Bill A7184

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "wireless security enforcement act"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A7184 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-cc, Gen Bus L; add Art 157 §§157.00 & 157.05, amd §60.27, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10676

2025-A7184 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "wireless security enforcement act" to prohibit the sale of wireless signal jammer devices; defines terms; provides that a person is guilty of prohibited use of a wireless signal jammer device if they engage in the possession, manufacture, importation, marketing, or sale of wireless signal jammer devices; requires restitution.

2025-A7184 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7184
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the penal law, in  relation
   to  the  enforcement  of the prohibition on the use of wireless signal
   jammer devices

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "wireless
 security enforcement (WiSE) act".
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  390-
 cc to read as follows:
   §  390-CC.  SALE  OF PROHIBITED WIRELESS SIGNAL JAMMER DEVICES. 1. FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "WIRELESS SIGNAL JAMMER DEVICE" MEANS  ANY
 DEVICE  THAT  PROHIBITS THE OPERATION, MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, MARKET-
 ING, AND SALE OF EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO JAM OR OTHERWISE  INTERFERE  WITH
 AUTHORIZED  RADIO  COMMUNICATIONS, SUCH AS RADAR, INTERNET, GLOBAL POSI-
 TIONING SYSTEM (GPS), AND CELL PHONE COMMUNICATIONS.
   2. UPON NOTICE BY ANY LOCAL OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, ANY BUSI-
 NESS OR ESTABLISHMENT THAT  ENGAGES  IN  THE  MANUFACTURE,  IMPORTATION,
 MARKETING, OR SALE OF WIRELESS SIGNAL JAMMER DEVICES SHALL BE PROHIBITED
 FROM  OPERATING  SAID  BUSINESS  OR ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN THE STATE FOR A
 PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR. THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT  BE  CONSTRUED  TO
 ABSOLVE SAID BUSINESS OR ESTABLISHMENT FROM ANY OTHER PENALTIES PURSUANT
 TO LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
   3.  (A)  WHENEVER  IT  APPEARS  TO  THE  ATTORNEY GENERAL, EITHER UPON
 COMPLAINT OR OTHERWISE, THAT ANY PERSON, WITHIN OR  OUTSIDE  THE  STATE,
 HAS  ENGAGED  IN  OR  IS ABOUT TO ENGAGE IN ANY OF THE ACTS OR PRACTICES
 STATED TO BE UNLAWFUL IN THIS SECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BRING AN
 ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING IN THE NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE  OF
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO ENJOIN ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, TO OBTAIN
 RESTITUTION OF ANY MONEYS OR PROPERTY OBTAINED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08729-01-5
              

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