New York A 3946: Authorizes a residential parking system in certain parts of the hamlet of Oceanside in the Town of Hempstead

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A03946 Summary:

BILL NOA03946 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03591

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SPONSORWalsh

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COSPNSRAngelino, Maher, Durso, Morinello, DiPietro, Blankenbush, Gandolfo, Molitor, Sempolinski, Tague,
 Lemondes, Woerner, Mikulin

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §390-f, Gen Bus L

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Requires age verification for internet pornography websites; imposes a $50,000 penalty per day for violations; provides exemptions for news organizations.

Go to top A03946 Actions:

BILL NOA03946 

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01/30/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

05/19/2025held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

Go to topA03946 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION Chair:Rozic 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:10/5 Action: Held for Consideration RozicAyeMikulinNay

FallExcusedMillerNay

GallagherAyeBlumencranzNay

RajkumarAyeDursoNay

ForrestAyeBolognaNay

BoresAye

LeeAye

AlvarezAye

CunninghamAye

TorresAye

CarrollAye

Go to topA03946 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03946 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3946

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring age
 verification for internet pornography websites

 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
 2 390-f to read as follows:
 3 § 390-f. Age verification for internet pornography. 1. Definitions.
 4 For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 (a) "Commercial entity" means a corporation, limited liability compa-
 7 ny, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or other
 8 legally recognized business entity.
 9 (b) "Digital identification" means information stored on a digital
 10 network that may be accessed by a commercial entity and that serves as
 11 proof of the identity of an individual and location of the individual.
 12 (c) "Distribute" means to issue, sell, give, provide, deliver, trans-
 13 fer, transmute, circulate, or disseminate by any means.
 14 (d) "Minor" means an individual younger than eighteen years of age.
 15 (e) "News organization" means:
 16 (i) an employee of a newspaper, news publication, or news source,
 17 printed or on an online or mobile platform, of current news and public
 18 interest, who is acting within the course and scope of their employment
 19 and can provide documentation of such employment with such newspaper,
 20 news publication, or news source; and
 21 (ii) an employee of a radio broadcast station, television broadcast
 22 station, cable television operator, or wire service who is acting within
 23 the course and scope of their employment and can provide documentation
 24 of such employment.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07950-02-5

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 1 (f) "Publish" means to communicate or make information available to
 2 another person or entity on a publicly available internet website.
 3 (g) "Reasonable age verification method" shall mean a method as
 4 described under subdivision three of this section.
 5 (h) "Sexual material harmful to minors" means any material that:
 6 (i) a reasonable person, applying contemporary community standards,
 7 would find, taking such material as a whole and with respect to minors,
 8 is designed to appeal to or pander to the prurient interest;
 9 (ii) in a manner patently offensive with respect to minors, exploits,
 10 is devoted to, or principally consists of descriptions of actual, simu-
 11 lated, or animated display or depiction of:
 12 (A) a person's pubic hair, anus, or genitals or the nipple of the
 13 female breast;
 14 (B) touching, caressing, or fondling of nipples, breasts, buttocks,
 15 anuses, or genitals; or
 16 (C) sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copula-
 17 tion, flagellation, excretory functions, exhibitions, or any other sexu-
 18 a