New York S 9975: Prohibits the disclosure of the personal information of any active or former New York state, New York city or local municipal emergency first responder, judges or prosecutors

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S09975 Summary:

BILL NOS09975 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11118

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRMARTINEZ, MURRAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §89, Pub Off L; add §§250.61 & 250.62, Pen L; add §50-h, Civ Rts L

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Prohibits the disclosure of the home address, personal telephone numbers, personal email addresses or personal social media handles of any active or former New York state, New York city or local municipal emergency first responder, a judge of any court of law of this state, or a New York state, county or municipal prosecutor or the spouse or child thereof; relates to criminal penalties; permits civil action.

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BILL NOS09975 

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04/20/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9975

 IN SENATE

 April 20, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
 and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the penal law and the civil
 rights law, in relation to prohibiting the disclosure and publication
 of the home address, personal telephone numbers, personal email
 addresses, or social media handles of any active or former New York
 state, New York city or local municipal emergency first responder, a
 judge of any court of law of this state, or a New York state, county
 or municipal prosecutor

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

 1 Section 1. Section 89 of the public officers law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
 3 7-a. (a) Nothing in this article shall permit the disclosure or publi-
 4 cation of the home address, personal telephone numbers, personal email
 5 addresses, or personal social media handles of any active or former New
 6 York state, New York city or local municipal emergency first responder,
 7 a judge of any court of law of this state, or a New York state, county
 8 or municipal prosecutor.
 9 (b) "First responder" or "New York state, New York city, or local
 10 municipal emergency first responder" shall mean a police officer, peace
 11 officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, or other
 12 emergency medical services provider engaged in the lawful performance of
 13 their official duties.
 14 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 250.61 and
 15 250.62 to read as follows:
 16 § 250.61 Unlawful disclosure of the home address, personal telephone
 17 numbers, personal email addresses or personal social media
 18 handles of any active or former New York state, New York city
 19 or local municipal emergency first responder, a judge of any
 20 court of law of this state, or a New York state, county or
 21 municipal prosecutor in the second degree.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15605-01-6

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 1 For the purposes of this section, "first responder" or "New York
 2 state, New York city or local municipal emergency first responder" shall
 3 mean a police officer, peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical
 4 technician, paramedic, or other emergency medical services provider
 5 engaged in the lawful performance of their official duties.
 6 A person shall not knowingly, with reckless disregard for the proba-
 7 bility of exposure of another to harassment or risk of harm to life or
 8 property, disclose or post or publish in any way including on the inter-
 9 net the home address, personal telephone numbers, personal email
 10 addresses or personal social media handles of any active or former New
 11 York state, New York city or local municipal emergency first responder,
 12 a judge of any court of law of this state, or a state, county or munici-
 13 pal prosecutor.
 14 Unlawful disclosure of the home address, personal telephone numbers,
 15 personal email addresses or personal social media handles of any active
 16 or former New York state, New York city or local munici