Assembly Bill A8209

                             
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                                   8209
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BURROUGHS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to third-party iden-
   tity verification service reporting
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
 14-o to read as follows:
   § 14-O. THIRD-PARTY IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICE REPORTING. 1.    FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "THIRD-PARTY IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION  SERVICE"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 PRIVATELY OPERATED IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICE THAT UTILIZES BIOMETRIC
 DATA,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINGERPRINT AND FACIAL RECOGNITION,
 AND SECURE CREDENTIALING TO CONFIRM THE IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALS FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  FACILITATING EXPEDITED ACCESS TO DESIGNATED SECURITY CHECK-
 POINTS AT PUBLIC-USE AIRPORTS.
   (B) "PUBLIC-USE AIRPORT" SHALL MEAN AN AIRPORT AVAILABLE  FOR  USE  BY
 THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC WITHOUT A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE
 OWNER OR OPERATOR THEREOF EXCEPT AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY  FEDERAL  LAW  OR
 REGULATION.
   (C)  "SECURITY  BREACH"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY INSTANCE WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL
 PASSES THROUGH A SECURITY CHECKPOINT SUCCESSFULLY WHILE  TRANSPORTING  A
 RESTRICTED ITEM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A CONCEALED WEAPON.
   2.  EACH  THIRD-PARTY IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION SERVICE OPERATING IN
 THE STATE SHALL, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, PROVIDE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A)  THE NUMBER OF AIRLINE PASSENGERS WHO USED A THIRD-PARTY IDENTIFI-
 CATION VERIFICATION SERVICE  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  RECEIVING  EXPEDITED
 ACCESS  THROUGH  A  SECURITY  CHECKPOINT  AT A PUBLIC-USE AIRPORT IN THE
 STATE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B) THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WHO HAD  THEIR  IDENTITY  VERIFIED  BY  A
 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICER WHILE USING A THIRD-PARTY
 IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION SERVICE;
   (C)  THE  NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WHO WERE FOUND TO NOT HAVE PROPER IDEN-
 TIFICATION OR A BOARDING PASS  BY  A  TRANSPORTATION  SECURITY  ADMINIS-
 TRATION  OFFICER  WHILE  USING A THIRD-PARTY IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION
 SERVICE;
   (D) THE AMOUNT OF SECURITY BREACHES  THAT  HAVE  OCCURRED  RELATED  TO
 PASSENGERS USING A THIRD-PARTY IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION SERVICE; AND
   (E) THE NUMBER OF FUNCTIONING KIOSKS THAT EACH THIRD-PARTY IDENTIFICA-
 TION  VERIFICATION  SERVICE  MAINTAINS IN EACH PUBLIC-USE AIRPORT IN THE
 STATE.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT ON A QUARTERLY  BASIS  TO  THE
 GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE  DEPARTMENT
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. IN ADDITION TO SUCH INFOR-
 MATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE IN SUCH REPORT:
   (A) DATA GATHERED FROM ALL PUBLIC-USE AIRPORTS IN THE  STATE  RELATING
 TO  THE  NUMBER  OF  PASSENGERS  WHO  RECEIVED EXPEDITED ACCESS SECURITY
 SCREENING  WITHOUT  USING  A  THIRD-PARTY  IDENTIFICATION   VERIFICATION
 SERVICE; AND
   (B)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  RELATED  TO  THIRD-PARTY  IDENTIFICATION
 VERIFICATION SERVICES THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS NECESSARY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.