Senate Bill S1694A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits recording of the entrance of a school ground

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2025-S1694 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4678
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240.26, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8422, A9390

2025-S1694 - Summary

Prohibits recording of the entrance or exit of a school ground or the entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its boundaries.

2025-S1694 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1694 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1694
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting  recording  of
   the entrance of a school ground
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 250.75  to
 read as follows:
 § 250.75 UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY.
   1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "SCHOOL  GROUND"  MEANS  THE  OUTSIDE  PERIMETER OF ANY BUILDING,
 STRUCTURE, ATHLETIC PLAYING FIELD, PLAYGROUND OR LAND  CONTAINED  WITHIN
 THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, PARO-
 CHIAL, INTERMEDIATE, JUNIOR HIGH, VOCATIONAL OR HIGH SCHOOL.
   (B)  "SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATOR" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED BY
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE
 EDUCATION LAW.
   2. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY WHEN
 WITH INTENT TO HARASS, ANNOY, THREATEN OR ALARM ANOTHER PERSON, THEY:
   (A) BROADCAST OR RECORD THE ENTRANCE OR EXIT TO A SCHOOL GROUND OR THE
 ENTRANCE  OR  EXIT TO A PROPERTY THAT CONTAINS SCHOOL GROUNDS WITHIN ITS
 BOUNDARIES; OR
   (B) USE OR INSTALL, OR PERMIT THE UTILIZATION  OR  INSTALLATION  OF  A
 MECHANICAL, DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC VIEWING DEVICE, CAMERA, CELLULAR PHONE
 OR  ANY  OTHER  INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF RECORDING, STORING OR TRANSMITTING
 VISUAL IMAGES TO VIEW, BROADCAST OR RECORD AN  ENTRANCE  OR  EXIT  TO  A
 SCHOOL  GROUND  OR  AN  ENTRY OR EXIT TO A PROPERTY THAT CONTAINS SCHOOL
 GROUNDS WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES.
   UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY SHALL BE PUNISHABLE ONLY BY A
 FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2025-S1694A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4678
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240.26, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8422, A9390

2025-S1694A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits recording of the entrance or exit of a school ground or the entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its boundaries.

2025-S1694A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1694A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1694--A
     Cal. No. 676
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported  favora-
   bly  from  said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
   to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
   in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting  recording  of
   the entrance of a school ground
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 240.26 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  109
 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 § 240.26 Harassment in the second degree.
   A  person  is  guilty  of  harassment  in the second degree when, with
 intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person:
   1. [He or she] THE ACTOR strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise  subjects
 such  other  person  to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do
 the same; or
   2. [He or she] THE ACTOR follows a person in or about a  public  place
 or places; or
   3.  [He or she] THE ACTOR engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly
 commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and  which
 serve no legitimate purpose[.]; OR
   4.  THE ACTOR EITHER (A) BROADCASTS OR RECORDS THE ENTRANCE OR EXIT TO
 SCHOOL GROUNDS OR THE ENTRANCE OR  EXIT  TO  A  PROPERTY  THAT  CONTAINS
 SCHOOL  GROUNDS  WITHIN  ITS  BOUNDARIES;  OR  (B)  USES OR INSTALLS, OR
 PERMITS THE UTILIZATION OR INSTALLATION  OF  A  MECHANICAL,  DIGITAL  OR
 ELECTRONIC  VIEWING  DEVICE, CAMERA, CELLULAR PHONE OR ANY OTHER INSTRU-
 MENT CAPABLE OF RECORDING, STORING  OR  TRANSMITTING  VISUAL  IMAGES  TO
 VIEW,  BROADCAST  OR RECORD AN ENTRANCE OR EXIT TO A SCHOOL GROUND OR AN
 ENTRY OR EXIT TO A PROPERTY THAT  CONTAINS  SCHOOL  GROUNDS  WITHIN  ITS
 BOUNDARIES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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