BILL NUMBER: S4034

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
disposal of copies of identification documents

 
PURPOSE:

To create a requirement that hotels, resorts, and other boarding/lodging
locations dispose of a guest's identification documents within 24 hours
after their stay is completed.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends General Business Law by adding a new section 209-h,
stating that the owner, lessee, proprietor, or manager of any hotel,
motel, steamboat, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or
lodging house shall dispose of any copies of a guest's identification
document, including but not limited to a driver's license, passport, or
non-driver identification card within twenty-four hours of the guest
              

completing their stay. This shall include the deletion of both digital
copies and physical copies.

Section 2: Sets Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There has been an increase in data breaches that have led to individ-
uals' personal documentation and information being exposed to and stolen
by cybercriminals. While data breaches of this kind are usually uninten-
tional on the business' end, they can cause irreparable damage to the
victim's financial and personal well-being.

This legislation will require that an individual's personal identifica-
tion documentation is permanently disposed of, both electronically and
physically, within 24 hours of their stay at a hotel, resort, camp, or
other lodging location. This will minimize the size and damage of future
data breaches at these locations and protect consumers from having their
personal identification stolen after their stay.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2021: S3187A, Referred to Consumer Protection

2022: 53187A, Amend and Recommit to Consumer Protection

2023: 52859A, Amend and Recommit to Consumer Protection

2024: 62859A, Referred to Consumer Protection

Assembly

2021: No Assembly Same-As

2022: No Assembly Same-As
2023: A2156A, Amend and Recommit to Consumer Affairs and Protection

2024: A2156A, Referred to Consumer Affairs and Protections

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.