Senate Bill S3699

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "facial recognition technology study 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-S3699 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6623
2021-2022: S3234
2023-2024: S4824

2025-S3699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "facial recognition technology study act" to study privacy concerns and potential regulatory approaches to the development of facial recognition technology.

2025-S3699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3699
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to enact the "facial recognition technology study act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "facial recognition technology study act".
   § 2. a. A task force is hereby established to study the proper regula-
 tory approach to the development of facial recognition  technology.  For
 purposes of this act "facial recognition technology" shall mean technol-
 ogy capable of identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or
 a video frame or from a video source by comparing facial features from a
 given image with faces within a database.
   b. The task force shall study:
   (i)  the potential privacy concerns that facial recognition technology
 presents to individuals and the public;
   (ii) the regulatory actions other  states,  localities,  or  countries
 have taken with regard to the development of such technology;
   (iii) the ways such technology can be misused or abused;
   (iv)  the  best  administrative methods for regulating such technology
 and how to prepare for future developments through  innovation  of  such
 technology; and
   (v)  any  other  subject  that is related to the intent of this act as
 determined by the chairperson.
   c. No later than one year after the effective date of  this  act,  the
 task  force  shall  report its findings to the governor and the legisla-
 ture, as described under subdivision b of this section.
   § 3. a. The task force shall be comprised of:
   (i) two members appointed by the governor;
   (ii) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07914-01-5

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