Senate Bill S6130

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the consumer protection division in the department of state

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance 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-S6130 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6999
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-a, Exec L

2025-S6130 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the consumer protection division to establish a process by which any state agency or third party, pursuant to an interagency agreement with the division for the purposes of fraud prevention, identity verification, and ensuring the integrity or security of individual identities, to grant access to verify New York resident identities via a secure comparison process against state systems.

2025-S6130 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6130 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6130
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  certain  interagency
   agreements with the consumer protection division
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs 15 and 16 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  3
 of  section  94-a  of  the executive law, subparagraph 15 as amended and
 subparagraph 16 as added by chapter 374 of the laws of 2022, are amended
 and a new subparagraph 17 is added to read as follows:
   (15) create an internet website or webpage pursuant to  section  three
 hundred  ninety-c  of the general business law, as added by chapter five
 hundred nine of the laws of two thousand seven; [and]
   (16) exercise such powers and duties granted to the secretary by arti-
 cle sixteen of the energy law as the secretary  may  direct,  including,
 but  not  limited  to: consult with such president of the New York state
 energy research and development authority in  connection  with  investi-
 gations  conducted  by such president pursuant to article sixteen of the
 energy law; make determinations relating to compliance by products  with
 the  standards  adopted  pursuant  to article sixteen of the energy law;
 order the immediate cessation of any distribution,  sale  or  offer  for
 sale,  import,  or  installation  of any product that does not meet such
 standards; and impose civil penalties as contemplated by article sixteen
 of the energy law[.]; AND
   (17) ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH ANY STATE  AGENCY  OR  THIRD  PARTY,
 PURSUANT  TO AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH THE DIVISION FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF FRAUD PREVENTION, IDENTITY VERIFICATION, AND ENSURING  THE  INTEGRITY
 OR SECURITY OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES, TO GRANT ACCESS TO VERIFY NEW YORK
 RESIDENT  IDENTITIES  VIA  A  SECURE  COMPARISON  PROCESS  AGAINST STATE
 SYSTEMS. SUCH PROCESS  SHALL  REQUIRE,  AT  A  MINIMUM,  AUDITABLE  USER
 CONSENT,  NO  DATA  OR  IMAGES  LEAVE  STATE  SYSTEMS, FACIAL IMAGES ARE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10607-02-5

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