New York A 1239: Requires policies covering losses or damages from cyberattacks to include a requirement that the insured notify a law enforcement agency

Status: REFERRED TO INSURANCE (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1239

Sponsors: Alex Bores

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A01239 Summary:

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Requires policies covering losses or damages from cyberattacks to include a requirement that the insured notify a law enforcement agency before receiving payment for losses or damages suffered as a result of the cyberattack.

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01/09/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1239

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring policies
 covering losses or damages from cyberattacks to include a requirement
 that the insured notify a law enforcement agency within seventy-two
 hours of discovery of the cyberattack

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "cyber ransom prevention act".
 3 § 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3114 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 3114. Policies covering cyberattacks. Any insurance policy which
 6 provides coverage for losses or damages suffered by a corporation or
 7 business entity following a cyberattack shall require that the corpo-
 8 ration or business entity shall notify a law enforcement agency of the
 9 cyberattack before receiving payment for losses or damages suffered as a
 10 result of such cyberattack.
 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02281-01-5

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