Senate Bill S6130A

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6130--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  COONEY,  FERNANDEZ,  MARTINEZ, SCARCELLA-SPANTON,
   SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
   committed  to  the Committee on Internet and Technology -- recommitted
   to the Committee on Internet and Technology in accordance with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 three new subparagraphs 17, 18 and 19 are 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[.];
   (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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10607-05-6
              

 S. 6130--A                          2
 
 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
 CONVERTED INTO A MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION AND ADEQUATELY PROTECTED TO
 FACILITATE A  SECURE  COMPARISON,  AND  ANY  VENDOR  SELECTED  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  ANNUALLY  SUBMIT  THEIR SOLUTION FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
 STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST) TESTING AND PUBLICATION AND SUCH  VENDOR
 SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM ISO 30101 LEVEL 2 CONFORMANT LIVENESS (PAD LEVEL 2)
 COMPLIANCE VERIFIED BY A NIST APPROVED THIRD PARTY;
   (18)  ANY  REVENUE GENERATED AS A RESULT OF AN AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED BY
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER FOR DEPOS-
 IT IN THE GENERAL FUND; AND
   (19) AN IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICE PROVIDER MAY NOT RETAIN INTERNET
 PROTOCOL ADDRESSES, GEOLOCATION DATA,  OR  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  THAT
 DESCRIBES  THE  LOCATION, COMPUTER, COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR COMPUTER NETWORK
 FROM WHICH AN APPLICANT ACCESSES THE SYSTEM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.