New York S 4034: Requires the disposal of copies of identification documents

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S04034 Summary:

BILL NOS04034 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05961

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §209-h, Gen Bus L

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Requires the disposal of copies of identification documents by owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, steamboat, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house.

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BILL NOS04034 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4034

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
 disposal of copies of identification documents

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 209-h to read as follows:
 3 § 209-h. Disposal of copies of identification documents. The owner,
 4 lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, steamboat, tourist
 5 cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house shall
 6 dispose of any copies of a guest's identification document, including
 7 but not limited to a driver's license, passport, or non-driver identifi-
 8 cation card, within twenty-four hours of the guest completing their
 9 stay. Disposal of the copies shall include deletion of any digital
 10 copies and the physical destruction of any physical copies such that it
 11 would be impossible to recreate the copy.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07899-01-5

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